EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ascend Performance Materials
Foley, AL · Parent: Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 201 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ascend Performance Materials: how the 201 lbs splits
201 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 201 lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 0 lbs 0.1%
Ascend Performance Materials's 201 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Ascend Performance Materials is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Foley, AL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 201 lbs of releases across 1 chemical, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 15,846 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vulcan Inc; Rohr Inc (a Collins Aerospace Company); Crown USA Inc.; Mmc Materials Gulf Coast LLC - Foley. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Alabama: Blue Cube Operations LLC; Ecolab Inc; Diversey; Nouryon. Other Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC; Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant; Ascend Performance Materials Operations Llc-Decatur Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Compare Ascend Performance Materials with
Nearest reporters in Alabama
- Vulcan Inc Foley · 20.4K lbs
- Rohr Inc (a Collins Aerospace Company) Foley · 31 lbs
- Crown USA Inc. Foley · 77.2K lbs
- Mmc Materials Gulf Coast LLC - Foley Foley · 1 lbs
Similar-scale Chemicals sites elsewhere: Blue Cube Operations LLC (GA) · Ecolab Inc (IN) · Diversey (KY)
Ascend Performance Materials stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 201 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Blue Cube Operations LLC and Ecolab Inc.
Ascend Performance Materials vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
201 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ascend Performance Materials in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ascend Performance Materials reports the 3,094th-largest volume (201 lbs). Scale peers outside Alabama include Blue Cube Operations LLC and Ecolab Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Ascend Performance Materials Form-R facts
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99% less than the comparison
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ascend Performance Materials releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 201 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (12 lbs to 0 lbs).
Ascend Performance Materials: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ascend Performance Materials year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 86 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 103 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 201 lbs | - |
Ascend Performance Materials · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ascend Performance Materials
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Vulcan Inc, Rohr Inc (a Collins Aerospace Company), Crown USA Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Blue Cube Operations LLC, Ecolab Inc, Diversey.
Other Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC, Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant, Ascend Performance Materials Operations Llc-Decatur Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Vulcan Inc. Ascend Performance Materials stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Ascend Performance Materials TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ascend Performance Materials totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Foley, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325991 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Baldwin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Franke Kitchen Systems LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ascend Performance Materials stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov