Balchem Corp
7 facilities · 6 states · 153.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Balchem Corp is the reported parent of 7 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 153.5K lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 20 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Missouri (73.5K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Balchem Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Balchem Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+15.6%
5 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-1.3%
41.9 thousand lb → 41.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years rose, while the inventory-wide total fell. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Balchem Corp's total reported releases rose from 35.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 41.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Balchem Corp's off-site transfers rose from 22.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 34.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Balchem Corp's air releases fell from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Balchem Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Bcp Ingredients Inc.; Albion Manufacturing Technologies; Bcp Ingredients Inc; Chelated Minerals Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Zinc compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ethylene oxide; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Utah; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Food; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Chemical Wholesalers. 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: Bcp Ingredients Inc.; Albion Manufacturing Technologies; Bcp Ingredients Inc; Chelated Minerals Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Zinc compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ethylene oxide; Copper And Copper Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Utah; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Food; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Chemical Wholesalers.
Balchem Corp ranks #1,413 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Balchem Corp spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Balchem Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 7 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Balchem Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Balchem Corp sits among TRI parents
Balchem Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside The Renco Group Inc and Ameren Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- The Renco Group Inc · rank #1,411 · 150.8M lbs
- Ameren Corp · rank #1,412 · 13.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Balchem Corp
Ethylene glycol; Zinc compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ethylene oxide; Copper And Copper Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Bcp Ingredients Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 65.0K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 51.3K lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 22.7K lbs |
| Ethylene oxide | 5.8K lbs |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 3.2K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1 | 73.5K lbs |
| Utah | 2 | 52.2K lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 19.2K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 7.0K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1.4K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 52 lbs |
Facilities (7)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Bcp Ingredients Inc. Verona, MO | 73.5K lbs |
| Albion Manufacturing Technologies Ogden, UT | 35.9K lbs |
| Bcp Ingredients Inc Saint Gabriel, LA | 19.2K lbs |
| Chelated Minerals Corp Salt Lake City, UT | 16.3K lbs |
| A.i. Processors Whittemore, IA | 7.0K lbs |
| Balchem Corp Green Pond, SC | 1.4K lbs |
| Balchem Corp Slate Hill, NY | 52 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Balchem Corp on total disclosed release pounds (153.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (7). Release-volume peers include Lear Corp, Arclight Energy Partners Fund VII LP, Reladyne LLC. Facility-count peers include A O Smith Corp, Ahf Products LLC, Aisin Holdings of America. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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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 Missouri, Utah, Louisiana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Balchem Corp's TRI parent record
From Balchem Corp, open Bcp Ingredients Inc. or compare against The Renco Group Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Balchem Corp (Bcp Ingredients Inc. in MO). Largest facility
- Compare against Ameren Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Balchem Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (The Renco Group Inc, Ameren Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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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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