EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC
Madera, CA · Parent: Alto Ingredients Inc
- Total releases
- 6.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC: how the 6.7K lbs splits
6.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 6.7K lbs 100.0%
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC's 6.7K 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: Acetaldehyde.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Madera, CA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 760 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2020, and 6.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 10,635 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. Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC is pounds #467 and chemical-count #232 at 6.7K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Baltimore Aircoil Co; Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc.; Nutra Blend LLC; Ardagh Glass Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside California: Royal Oak Enterprises-Salem; Ibc Manufacturing Co; Solenis LLC; Stanchem Inc. Other Alto Ingredients Inc sites in this extract: Alto Columbia LLC; Alto Magic Valley LLC; Eagle Alcohol Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Methanol; Cyclohexane.
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.7K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Royal Oak Enterprises-Salem and Ibc Manufacturing Co.
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.7K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC: Acetaldehyde-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC reports the 2,206th-largest volume (6.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Acetaldehyde alone is 62.7% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 62.7% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside California include Royal Oak Enterprises-Salem and Ibc Manufacturing Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Acetaldehyde at 62.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 87% (5.9K lbs to 760 lbs).
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 87% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Acetaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 760 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 4.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 2.1K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 374 lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 0 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC
Closest other reporters in California - including Baltimore Aircoil Co, Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc., Nutra Blend LLC, 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. Royal Oak Enterprises-Salem, Ibc Manufacturing Co, Solenis LLC.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC on cumulative reported pounds (6.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Brakebush Brothers Inc, Borden & Remington Corp, Brenntag Mid-South Inc. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Alto Ingredients Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Alto Columbia LLC, Alto Magic Valley LLC, Eagle Alcohol Co 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 Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane, Methanol, Cyclohexane; nearby reporters include Baltimore Aircoil Co. Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Madera, CA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 325193 · Chemicals. 0.6% of Madera TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Brakebush Brothers Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde. 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