EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC
Axis, AL · Parent: Nouryon USA LLC
- Total releases
- 457.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC: how the 457.2K lbs splits
457.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 350.1K lbs 76.6%
- Off-site Transfers 106.3K lbs 23.2%
- Water Discharges 879 lbs 0.2%
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC's 457.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 76.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 23.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Carbon disulfide.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Axis, AL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 67.5K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 457.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,054 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. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Arkema Inc; Pmc Organometallix Inc; Lenzing Fibers Inc; U.S. Amines (bucks) LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Alabama: Kuraray America Inc Septon Bu; Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility; Bakelite Synthetics; Firestone Polymers LLC. Other Nouryon USA LLC sites in this extract: Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC; Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC; Nouryon Pulp & Performance Chemicals LLC; Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Carbon disulfide; Chloroacetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (76.6% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 457.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kuraray America Inc Septon Bu and Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility.
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
457K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC: Carbon disulfide-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC reports the 413th-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Carbon disulfide alone is 67.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Kuraray America Inc Septon Bu and Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Carbon disulfide at 67.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC's total reported releases fell from 184.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 67.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC's water releases fell from 617 lb in 2022 to 22 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC's off-site transfers fell from 98.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC's air releases fell from 85.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 59.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 457.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 8% (73.4K lbs to 67.5K lbs).
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 8% 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: Carbon disulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 73.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 67.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 64.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 184.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 67.5K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon disulfide | 309.6K lbs | - |
| Chloroacetic acid | 107.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 25.8K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 13.7K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 509 lbs | - |
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Arkema Inc, Pmc Organometallix Inc, Lenzing Fibers Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Kuraray America Inc Septon Bu, Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility, Bakelite Synthetics.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC on cumulative reported pounds (457.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations, Zekelman Industries, Sharon Tube Division-Church St, Valero Refining - Meraux LLC Meraux Refinery. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations Westbrook, ME · Paper 457.3K lbs reported
- Zekelman Industries, Sharon Tube Division-Church St Farrell, PA · Primary Metals 457.5K lbs reported
- Valero Refining - Meraux LLC Meraux Refinery Meraux, LA · Petroleum 457.8K lbs reported
- Charter Steel Risingsun Risingsun, OH · Primary Metals 456.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Nouryon USA LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC, Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC, Nouryon Pulp & Performance Chemicals LLC.
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 Carbon disulfide, Chloroacetic acid, Hydrogen sulfide, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Arkema Inc. Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Carbon disulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Axis, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 0.9% of Mobile TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. (Δ 46 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Carbon disulfide. 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