Albemarle Corp
8 facilities · 6 states · 3.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Albemarle Corp is the reported parent of 8 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 3.4M lbs of toxic releases. 15 of 65 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arkansas (2.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Albemarle Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Albemarle Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-26.6%
8 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-26.6%
705.0 thousand lb → 517.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Albemarle Corp's total reported releases fell from 705.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 517.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Albemarle Corp's off-site transfers fell from 174.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 52.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Albemarle Corp's land releases fell from 32.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Albemarle Corp's water releases fell from 504 lb in 2022 to 262 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Albemarle Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Albemarle Corp South Plant; Ketjen LLC - Bayport Plant; Ketjen Pasadena Plant; Albemarle Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Tetrabromobisphenol A; Molybdenum trioxide; Ethylene; Hydrogen sulfide. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Texas; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Albemarle Corp South Plant; Ketjen LLC - Bayport Plant; Ketjen Pasadena Plant; Albemarle Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Tetrabromobisphenol A; Molybdenum trioxide; Ethylene; Hydrogen sulfide. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Texas; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
Albemarle Corp ranks #342 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Albemarle Corp spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Albemarle Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 8 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Albemarle Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Clean Harbors Inc; Suzano Packaging LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Albemarle Corp sits among TRI parents
Albemarle Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Clean Harbors Inc and Suzano Packaging LLC. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Clean Harbors Inc · rank #340 · 16.6M lbs
- Suzano Packaging LLC · rank #341 · 15.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Albemarle Corp
Ammonia; Tetrabromobisphenol A; Molybdenum trioxide; Ethylene; Hydrogen sulfide lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Albemarle Corp South Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 702.8K lbs |
| Tetrabromobisphenol A | 620.9K lbs |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 284.5K lbs |
| Ethylene | 241.1K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 167.3K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2 | 2.0M lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 1.0M lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 180.7K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 171.4K lbs |
| Nevada | 1 | 29.4K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (8)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Albemarle Corp South Plant Magnolia, AR | 1.8M lbs |
| Ketjen LLC - Bayport Plant Pasadena, TX | 589.8K lbs |
| Ketjen Pasadena Plant Pasadena, TX | 446.9K lbs |
| Albemarle Corp Baton Rouge, LA | 180.7K lbs |
| Albemarle U.S. Inc. New Johnsonville, TN | 171.4K lbs |
| Albemarle Corp West Plant Magnolia, AR | 128.4K lbs |
| Albemarle U.S. Inc. Silverpeak, NV | 29.4K lbs |
| Albemarle Amendments LLC Twinsburg, OH | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Albemarle Corp on total disclosed release pounds (3.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (8). Release-volume peers include Shell Petroleum Inc, Foster Poultry Farms, The Sherwin-Williams Co. Facility-count peers include Agropur Inc, Allegheny Technologies Inc, Allegion S & S Holding Co Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Albemarle Corp's TRI parent record
From Albemarle Corp, open Albemarle Corp South Plant or compare against Clean Harbors Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Albemarle Corp (Albemarle Corp South Plant in AR). Largest facility
- Compare against Suzano Packaging LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Albemarle Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Clean Harbors Inc, Suzano Packaging LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Albemarle Corp's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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