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).

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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.

#8,741 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

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

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.

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

2022 → 2023
  • 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

Sector
Chemicals
LIGHT volume
16.1K lbs
OFFSITE pathway
Off-site Transfers
CLEAN chem count
3
Lead chemical
Zinc compounds

Compare this facility

See how Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility
16.1K lbs
Medtronic Tempe Campus
221 lbs

72.7× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Avient Colorants USA Llc. - Phoenix Facility
3
Medtronic Tempe Campus
1

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.

Off-site Transfers 16.0K lbs (99.6%)
Air Releases 61 lbs (0.4%)
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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

million lbs

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.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
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

Phoenix, AZ
33.4136, -111.9852
County TRI context
Maricopa · 0.2% of county pounds
Parent company
Avient 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.

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.

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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