Ashland LLC
6 facilities · 6 states · 10.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Ashland LLC is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 10.0M lbs of toxic releases. 11 of 45 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Virginia (6.7M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Ashland LLC, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Ashland LLC: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+1.9%
6 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+1.9%
1.8 million lb → 1.8 million lb, every facility that filed
- Ashland LLC's total reported releases rose from 1.8 million lb in 2022 to 1.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ashland LLC's water releases rose from 114.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 206.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ashland LLC's off-site transfers rose from 747.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ashland LLC's air releases fell from 929.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 421.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Ashland LLC from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp; Avoca LLC; Isp Chemicals LLC; Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol; Ethylene glycol; tert-Butyl alcohol; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; North Carolina; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Food. 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: Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp; Avoca LLC; Isp Chemicals LLC; Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co; Suncoke Energy Inc; Advansix Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol; Ethylene glycol; tert-Butyl alcohol; Ammonia. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; North Carolina; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Food.
Ashland LLC ranks #164 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Ashland LLC spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Ashland LLC's disclosed pounds are spread across 6 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Ashland LLC follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Department of Defense; Westrock Co; Suncoke Energy Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Ashland LLC sits among TRI parents
Ashland LLC sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Department of Defense and Westrock Co and Suncoke Energy Inc and Advansix Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #162 · 52.2M lbs
- Westrock Co · rank #163 · 17.0M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Suncoke Energy Inc · rank #165 · 7.9M lbs
- Advansix Inc · rank #166 · 7.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Ashland LLC
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol; Ethylene glycol; tert-Butyl alcohol; Ammonia lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5.0M lbs |
| Methanol | 2.7M lbs |
| Ethylene glycol | 1.1M lbs |
| tert-Butyl alcohol | 468.5K lbs |
| Ammonia | 441.5K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 1 | 6.7M lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 1.9M lbs |
| Kentucky | 1 | 1.4M lbs |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 14.6K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 3.0K lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 3.0K lbs |
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp Hopewell, VA | 6.7M lbs |
| Avoca LLC Merry Hill, NC | 1.9M lbs |
| Isp Chemicals LLC Calvert City, KY | 1.4M lbs |
| Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc Assonet, MA | 14.6K lbs |
| Avoca LLC Summerville, SC | 3.0K lbs |
| Isp Chemicals LLC Chatham, NJ | 3.0K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Ashland LLC on total disclosed release pounds (10.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Owens Corning, Novelis Inc, Nd Paper LLC. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA 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 Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Ashland LLC's TRI parent record
From Ashland LLC, open Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp or compare against US Department of Defense rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Ashland LLC (Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp in VA). Largest facility
- Compare against Westrock Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Ashland LLC sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Department of Defense, Westrock Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Ashland LLC'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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