Continental Carbon Co
3 facilities · 3 states · 242.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Continental Carbon Co is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 242.5K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 18 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Alabama (169.9K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Continental Carbon Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Continental Carbon Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+31.5%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-50.7%
50.9 thousand lb → 25.1 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 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Continental Carbon Co's total reported releases rose from 19.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Carbon Co's air releases rose from 19.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Carbon Co's chemicals reported fell from 5 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Continental Carbon Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Continental Carbon Co Phenix City; Continental Carbon Co Sunray; Continental Carbon Co Ponca City Ok Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon disulfide; Hydrogen cyanide; Carbonyl sulfide; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Texas; Oklahoma. 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: Continental Carbon Co Phenix City; Continental Carbon Co Sunray; Continental Carbon Co Ponca City Ok Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Waste Management Inc; Koch Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon disulfide; Hydrogen cyanide; Carbonyl sulfide; Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Alabama; Texas; Oklahoma. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals.
Continental Carbon Co ranks #1,194 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Continental Carbon Co files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Continental Carbon Co Phenix City accounts for most of Continental Carbon Co's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Continental Carbon Co 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 Continental Carbon Co sits among TRI parents
Continental Carbon Co 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 #1,192 · 95.6M lbs
- Koch Inc. · rank #1,193 · 45.8M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Continental Carbon Co
Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon disulfide; Hydrogen cyanide; Carbonyl sulfide; Polycyclic aromatic compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Continental Carbon Co Phenix City. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 127.8K lbs |
| Carbon disulfide | 79.3K lbs |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 31.1K lbs |
| Carbonyl sulfide | 3.8K lbs |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 456 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 169.9K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 41.7K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 30.9K lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Continental Carbon Co Phenix City Phenix City, AL | 169.9K lbs |
| Continental Carbon Co Sunray Sunray, TX | 41.7K lbs |
| Continental Carbon Co Ponca City Ok Plant Ponca City, OK | 30.9K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Continental Carbon Co on total disclosed release pounds (242.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Quantum Global Technologies LLC, Abb Holdings Inc, Fluid Motion LLC. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc, Agri-Mark 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 Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Continental Carbon Co's TRI parent record
From Continental Carbon Co, open Continental Carbon Co Phenix City or compare against Waste Management Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Continental Carbon Co (Continental Carbon Co Phenix City 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 Continental Carbon Co 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
Continental Carbon Co'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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