American Vanguard Corp
4 facilities · 4 states · 377.0K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, American Vanguard Corp is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 377.0K lbs of toxic releases. 11 of 61 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alabama (341.4K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for American Vanguard Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for American Vanguard Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-49.4%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-49.4%
96.3 thousand lb → 48.7 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- American Vanguard Corp's total reported releases fell from 96.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 48.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Vanguard Corp's off-site transfers fell from 80.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 34.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Vanguard Corp's air releases fell from 15.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Vanguard Corp's chemicals reported fell from 35 in 2022 to 33 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read American Vanguard Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Amvac Chemical Co; Amvac Chemical Corp; Amvac Chemical; Amvac Chemical Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Ethylene glycol; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); 2,4-Dichlorophenol; Dichlorvos. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; California; Idaho. 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.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Amvac Chemical Co; Amvac Chemical Corp; Amvac Chemical; Amvac Chemical Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Ethylene glycol; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); 2,4-Dichlorophenol; Dichlorvos. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; California; Idaho. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
American Vanguard Corp ranks #1,007 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. American Vanguard Corp files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Amvac Chemical Co accounts for most of American Vanguard Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for American Vanguard Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where American Vanguard Corp sits among TRI parents
American Vanguard Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Waste Management Inc and Koch Inc.. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Waste Management Inc · rank #1,005 · 95.6M lbs
- Koch Inc. · rank #1,006 · 45.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by American Vanguard Corp
Toluene; Ethylene glycol; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); 2,4-Dichlorophenol; Dichlorvos lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Amvac Chemical Co. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Toluene | 116.1K lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | 54.3K lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 34.0K lbs |
| 2,4-Dichlorophenol | 28.8K lbs |
| Dichlorvos | 27.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 341.4K lbs |
| California | 1 | 34.0K lbs |
| Idaho | 1 | 1.2K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 391 lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Amvac Chemical Co Axis, AL | 341.4K lbs |
| Amvac Chemical Corp Los Angeles, CA | 34.0K lbs |
| Amvac Chemical Marsing, ID | 1.2K lbs |
| Amvac Chemical Corp Palmyra, MO | 391 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest American Vanguard Corp on total disclosed release pounds (377.0K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Brickworks Building Products N.a., Altec Industries Inc, Royal Oak Enterprises LLC. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. 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 Alabama, California, Idaho; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with American Vanguard Corp's TRI parent record
From American Vanguard Corp, open Amvac Chemical Co or compare against Waste Management Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for American Vanguard Corp (Amvac Chemical Co in AL). Largest facility
- Compare against Koch Inc., the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where American Vanguard Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Waste Management Inc, Koch Inc.) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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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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