EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Airgas Dry Ice
Torrance, CA · Parent: Airgas Inc
- Total releases
- 102.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Airgas Dry Ice: how the 102.0K lbs splits
102.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 102.0K lbs 100.0%
Airgas Dry Ice's 102.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Airgas Dry Ice is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Torrance, CA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 33.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 102.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,540 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Airgas Dry Ice is pounds #143 and chemical-count #804 at 102.0K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Messer LLC; Americas Styrenics LLC - Torrance; Phenomenex Inc; Phenomenex Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside California: Coastal Chemical Co. LLC; Biourja Renewables LLC; Cabot Corp Pampa Development & Manufacturing Center; Air Liquide Large Industries US LP - Smr Unit. Other Airgas Inc sites in this extract: Airgas Nitrous Oxide; Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp; Airgas Specialty Products-Waxahachie Tx; Airgas Alvin Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Compare Airgas Dry Ice with
Nearest reporters in California
- Messer LLC Torrance · 7.5K lbs
- Americas Styrenics LLC - Torrance Torrance · 84.3K lbs
- Phenomenex Inc Torrance · 191.0K lbs
- Phenomenex Inc. Torrance · 9.7K lbs
Similar-scale Chemicals sites elsewhere: Coastal Chemical Co. LLC (LA) · Biourja Renewables LLC (IL) · Cabot Corp Pampa Development & Manufacturing Center (TX)
Airgas Dry Ice stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 102.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Coastal Chemical Co. LLC and Biourja Renewables LLC.
Airgas Dry Ice vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
102K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Airgas Dry Ice: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Airgas Dry Ice reports the 895th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Coastal Chemical Co. LLC and Biourja Renewables LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Airgas Dry Ice's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Airgas Dry Ice's total reported releases rose from 18.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Airgas Dry Ice's air releases rose from 18.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Airgas Dry Ice Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Airgas Dry Ice releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 102.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 70% (19.5K lbs to 33.2K lbs).
Airgas Dry Ice: 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 Airgas Dry Ice year-over-year reported totals (increased by 70% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 19.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 12.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 18.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 18.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 33.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 102.0K lbs | - |
Airgas Dry Ice · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Airgas Dry Ice
Closest other reporters in California - including Messer LLC, Americas Styrenics LLC - Torrance, Phenomenex Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Coastal Chemical Co. LLC, Biourja Renewables LLC, Cabot Corp Pampa Development & Manufacturing Center.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Airgas Dry Ice on cumulative reported pounds (102.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Aquatic Co, Dcp National Helium Plant, Coastal Chemical Co. LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Airgas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Airgas Nitrous Oxide, Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp, Airgas Specialty Products-Waxahachie Tx.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Messer LLC. Airgas Dry Ice 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 Airgas Dry Ice TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Airgas Dry Ice totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Torrance, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325120 · Chemicals. 0.2% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aquatic Co (Δ 38 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Airgas Dry Ice stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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