EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Amvac Chemical Corp
Los Angeles, CA · Parent: American Vanguard Corp
- Total releases
- 34.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 16
- Carcinogens
- 6
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Amvac Chemical Corp: how the 34.0K lbs splits
34.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 34.0K lbs 100.0%
Amvac Chemical Corp's 34.0K 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Amvac Chemical Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Los Angeles, CA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 12.1K lbs of releases across 11 chemicals in 2023, and 34.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,020 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. Amvac Chemical Corp is pounds #248 and chemical-count #29 at 34.0K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Aocusa; Elite Comfort Solutions; Oxerra Americas LLC; Sterigenics-Los Angeles Facility. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside California: Basf Corp; Saco Aei; Flocryl Llc-Acrylates; Custom Processing Services Inc. Other American Vanguard Corp sites in this extract: Amvac Chemical Co; Amvac Chemical; Amvac Chemical Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Carbon disulfide; Quintozene; Metham sodium.
Amvac Chemical Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 16 chemicals · 6 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 34.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Basf Corp and Saco Aei.
Amvac Chemical Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
34K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Amvac Chemical Corp: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Amvac Chemical Corp reports the 1,479th-largest volume (34.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Basf Corp and Saco Aei.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Amvac Chemical Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Amvac Chemical Corp's total reported releases fell from 12.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Amvac Chemical Corp's air releases fell from 12.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Amvac Chemical Corp Form-R facts
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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 Amvac Chemical Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 34.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 801% (1.3K lbs to 12.1K lbs).
Amvac Chemical Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Amvac Chemical Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 801% 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 1.9K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 6.2K lbs | 11 |
| 2022 | 12.4K lbs | 11 |
| 2023 | 12.1K lbs | 11 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 6 of 16 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 34.0K lbs | - |
| Carbon disulfide | 1 lbs | - |
| Quintozene | 0 lbs | - |
| Metham sodium | 0 lbs | - |
| Potassium N-methyldithiocarbamate | 0 lbs | - |
| Naled | 0 lbs | - |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| 2,4-D | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 0 lbs | - |
| Dichlorvos | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrobenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Bifenthrin | 0 lbs | - |
| Chloromethane | 0 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Amvac Chemical Corp · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Basf Corp, Saco Aei, Flocryl Llc-Acrylates.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Amvac Chemical Corp on cumulative reported pounds (34.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (16). Release-pound peers include Sauder Manufacturing Co, Fluid Motion LLC, Basf Corp. Chemical-count peers include Surpass Chemical Co. Inc., The Federal Metal Co, Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Co 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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 Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Carbon disulfide, Quintozene, Metham sodium; nearby reporters include Aocusa. Amvac Chemical Corp stamps LIGHT 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 Amvac Chemical Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Amvac Chemical Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Los Angeles, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325320 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Brenntag Pacific Inc (Δ 18 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Amvac Chemical Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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