Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc
12 facilities · 7 states · 5.7M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc is the reported parent of 12 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 5.7M lbs of toxic releases. 7 of 42 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (4.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-36.8%
10 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-35.1%
968.5 thousand lb → 628.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 2 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc's total reported releases fell from 968.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 612.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc's land releases fell from 282 lb in 2022 to 83 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc's water releases fell from 489 lb in 2022 to 219 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc's off-site transfers fell from 638.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 317.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte; Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc; Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Inc.; Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Methyl methacrylate; Ammonia; Acetaldehyde; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Tennessee; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Electrical Equipment; Plastics and Rubber. 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: Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte; Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc; Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Inc.; Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Methyl methacrylate; Ammonia; Acetaldehyde; Toluene. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Tennessee; California. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Electrical Equipment; Plastics and Rubber.
Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc ranks #242 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Releases are facility-concentrated: Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte accounts for most of Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc sits among TRI parents
Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Targa Resources Corp and Ineos US I Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Targa Resources Corp · rank #240 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #241 · 94.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc
Methanol; Methyl methacrylate; Ammonia; Acetaldehyde; Toluene lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 4.4M lbs |
| Methyl methacrylate | 495.1K lbs |
| Ammonia | 402.4K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 187.8K lbs |
| Toluene | 110.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2 | 4.2M lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 535.3K lbs |
| California | 3 | 454.5K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 298.5K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 263.0K lbs |
| Wyoming | 1 | 11.6K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 2.0K lbs |
Facilities (12)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte La Porte, TX | 4.1M lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc Memphis, TN | 535.3K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Inc. Sacramento, CA | 449.1K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc. Greer, SC | 298.5K lbs |
| Gelest Inc Morrisville, PA | 244.8K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc Pasadena, TX | 37.6K lbs |
| Gelest Morrisville, PA | 15.8K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Evanston, WY | 11.6K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites Inc Irvine, CA | 5.0K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials Scranton, PA | 2.5K lbs |
| McPp - Bellevue Bellevue, OH | 2.0K lbs |
| Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites I Poway, CA | 440 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc on total disclosed release pounds (5.7M lbs) and reporting facility count (12). Release-volume peers include Fca US LLC, Befesa Holding US Inc., US Department of Energy. Facility-count peers include Avery Dennison Corp, Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc, Harsco Corp. 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 Texas, Tennessee, California; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc's TRI parent record
From Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc, open Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc (Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte in TX). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Targa Resources Corp, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Mitsubishi Chemical America 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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