EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City
Phenix City, AL · Parent: Continental Carbon Co
- Total releases
- 169.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City: how the 169.9K lbs splits
169.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 169.8K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 168 lbs 0.1%
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City's 169.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Phenix City, AL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 31.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 169.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 3,525 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: Johns Manville; Argos Phenix City Concrete Plant; Fairburn Rm - Phenix City Plant; General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Alabama: Mylar Specialty Films Spruance; Arxada LLC; Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-South Pierce Plant; Sherwin-Williams Co. Other Continental Carbon Co sites in this extract: Continental Carbon Co Sunray; Continental Carbon Co Ponca City Ok Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon disulfide; Hydrogen cyanide; Carbonyl sulfide.
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 169.9K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mylar Specialty Films Spruance and Arxada LLC.
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
170K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Continental Carbon Co Phenix City reports the 680th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.4% of its sector. Scale peers outside Alabama include Mylar Specialty Films Spruance and Arxada LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Continental Carbon Co Phenix City releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 169.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 40% (53.0K lbs to 31.8K lbs).
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Continental Carbon Co Phenix City year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 40% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 53.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 36.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 48.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 31.8K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 1 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 95.6K lbs | - |
| Carbon disulfide | 53.8K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 19.7K lbs | - |
| Carbonyl sulfide | 599 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 187 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 18 lbs | - |
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Continental Carbon Co Phenix City
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Johns Manville, Argos Phenix City Concrete Plant, Fairburn Rm - Phenix City Plant, 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. Mylar Specialty Films Spruance, Arxada LLC, Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-South Pierce Plant.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Continental Carbon Co Phenix City on cumulative reported pounds (169.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Mylar Specialty Films Spruance, New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant, Techmetals Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Mylar Specialty Films Spruance Richmond, VA · Chemicals 170.1K lbs reported
- New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant Cassatt, SC · Wood Products 170.1K lbs reported
- Techmetals Inc. Dayton, OH · Fabricated Metals 169.7K lbs reported
- Anheuser-Busch LLC Houston, TX · Beverages 170.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Continental Carbon Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Continental Carbon Co Sunray, Continental Carbon Co Ponca City Ok 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 Hydrogen sulfide, Carbon disulfide, Hydrogen cyanide, Carbonyl sulfide; nearby reporters include Johns Manville. Continental Carbon Co Phenix City stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Continental Carbon Co Phenix City TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Phenix City, AL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 1.4% of Russell TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tessenderlo Kerely Inc. (Δ 16 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Continental Carbon Co Phenix City stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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