Dow Inc
24 facilities · 10 states · 39.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Dow Inc is the reported parent of 24 Form R facilities across 10 states, disclosing 39.6M lbs of toxic releases. 49 of 405 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (19.4M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Dow Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Dow Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-4.7%
23 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-4.7%
7.1 million lb → 6.8 million lb, every facility that filed
- Dow Inc's total reported releases fell from 7.1 million lb in 2022 to 6.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dow Inc's water releases fell from 326.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 232.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dow Inc's land releases fell from 524.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 403.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dow Inc's off-site transfers rose from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Dow Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations; The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline; Union Carbide Corp Seadrift Plant; Dow Sabine River Operations. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Bayer US Holding LP; Ccc Parent LLC; Chevron Corp; Kronos Louisiana Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); 2,4-Dinitrophenol; Copper compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Louisiana; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Primary Metals; Other. 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: The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations; The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline; Union Carbide Corp Seadrift Plant; Dow Sabine River Operations. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Bayer US Holding LP; Ccc Parent LLC; Chevron Corp; Kronos Louisiana Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); 2,4-Dinitrophenol; Copper compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Louisiana; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Primary Metals; Other.
Dow Inc ranks #50 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Dow Inc spans 10 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Dow Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 24 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Dow Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Bayer US Holding LP; Ccc Parent LLC; Chevron Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Dow Inc sits among TRI parents
Dow Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Bayer US Holding LP and Ccc Parent LLC and Chevron Corp and Kronos Louisiana Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Bayer US Holding LP · rank #48 · 81.9M lbs
- Ccc Parent LLC · rank #49 · 65.6M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Chevron Corp · rank #51 · 36.3M lbs
- Kronos Louisiana Inc · rank #52 · 26.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Dow Inc
Ethylene; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); 2,4-Dinitrophenol; Copper compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ethylene | 11.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 7.9M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3.8M lbs |
| 2,4-Dinitrophenol | 2.1M lbs |
| Copper compounds | 1.9M lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 8 | 19.4M lbs |
| Louisiana | 3 | 14.1M lbs |
| Kentucky | 3 | 3.3M lbs |
| Michigan | 2 | 1.4M lbs |
| West Virginia | 3 | 861.1K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 297.5K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 158.7K lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 116.3K lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 30.4K lbs |
| California | 1 | 9.7K lbs |
Facilities (24)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Dow Inc on total disclosed release pounds (39.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (24). Release-volume peers include Pbf Energy Inc, Vistra Corp, Lyondellbasell Finance Co. Facility-count peers include Global Partners LP, Howmet Aerospace Inc, Hydro Extrusion 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 Texas, Louisiana, Kentucky; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Dow Inc's TRI parent record
From Dow Inc, open The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations or compare against Bayer US Holding LP rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Dow Inc (The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations in LA). Largest facility
- Compare against Ccc Parent LLC, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Dow Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Bayer US Holding LP, Ccc Parent LLC) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Dow Inc'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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