EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility
Phoenix, AZ · Parent: Avient Corp
- Total releases
- 16.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility: how the 16.1K lbs splits
16.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 16.0K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 61 lbs 0.4%
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility's 16.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Phoenix, AZ, in the chemicals sector. It reported 6.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 16.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,741 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arizona's 288 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility is pounds #92 and chemical-count #112 at 16.1K lbs. Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc leads reported pounds (129.3M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (36.9M lbs, pounds #4). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Medtronic Tempe Campus; Reddy Ice-Phoenix (203); Swim Platforms Inc; Microchip Technology Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Arizona: Solenis LLC; Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc; Sun Chemical Corp; Diamond Vogel Inc.. Other Avient Corp sites in this extract: Avient Corp; Glasforms Inc; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Albion Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony And Antimony Compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 16.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Solenis LLC and Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc.
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
16K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility reports the 1,839th-largest volume (16.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 94.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Arizona include Solenis LLC and Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 94.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility's total reported releases rose from 690 lb in 2022 to 6.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility's off-site transfers rose from 680 lb in 2022 to 6.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility Form-R facts
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See how Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
72.7× more than the comparison
3.0× more than the comparison
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 Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 16.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 5% (6.5K lbs to 6.8K lbs).
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility year-over-year reported totals (increased by 5% 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 | 6.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 676 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 690 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 6.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 15.1K lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 659 lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 278 lbs | - |
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility
Closest other reporters in Arizona - including Medtronic Tempe Campus, Reddy Ice-Phoenix (203), Swim Platforms Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 287 other reporting facilities in Arizona.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arizona - e.g. Solenis LLC, Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc, Sun Chemical Corp.
Compare beyond Arizona
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility on cumulative reported pounds (16.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Solenis LLC, Laird Technologies, Mplx Terminals LLC - North Muskegon Mi Terminal. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Solenis LLC Pasadena, TX · Chemicals 16.1K lbs reported
- Laird Technologies Cleveland, OH · Computers and Electronic Products 16.1K lbs reported
- Mplx Terminals LLC - North Muskegon Mi Terminal North Muskegon, MI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 16.1K lbs reported
- Sika Corp Canton, MA · Plastics and Rubber 16.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Avient Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Avient Corp, Glasforms Inc, Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility.
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, Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Medtronic Tempe Campus. Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility stamps LIGHT 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 Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Phoenix, AZ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325991 · Chemicals. 0.2% of Maricopa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Solenis LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility stamps LIGHT 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