EPA TRI Facility · Chemical Wholesalers
Pacific Star Chemical LLC
Santa Fe Springs, CA
- Total releases
- 26 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Pacific Star Chemical LLC: how the 26 lbs splits
26 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 26 lbs 100.0%
Pacific Star Chemical LLC's 26 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: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Pacific Star Chemical LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Santa Fe Springs, CA, in the chemical wholesalers sector. It reported 4 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 26 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,774 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 Star Chemical LLC is pounds #914 and chemical-count #1040 at 26 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: Valvoline Global - Santa Fe Springs; Kik Socal Inc; Phibro-Tech Inc.; Phillips Industries. Similar-scale Chemical Wholesalers peers outside California: Brenntag Mid-South Inc.; Jci Jones Chemicals Inc.; Tri-Chem Specialty LLC; Univar Solutions USA Inc. - Geneva Branch. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Pacific Star Chemical LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brenntag Mid-South Inc. and Jci Jones Chemicals Inc..
Pacific Star Chemical LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
26 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pacific Star Chemical LLC in the Chemical Wholesalers sector extract
Among the 530 Chemical Wholesalers facilities in this database, Pacific Star Chemical LLC reports the 378th-largest volume (26 lbs). Scale peers outside California include Brenntag Mid-South Inc. and Jci Jones Chemicals Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Pacific Star Chemical LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pacific Star Chemical LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 7% (3 lbs to 4 lbs).
Pacific Star Chemical LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pacific Star Chemical LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 7% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 26 lbs | - |
Pacific Star Chemical LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pacific Star Chemical LLC
Closest other reporters in California - including Valvoline Global - Santa Fe Springs, Kik Socal Inc, Phibro-Tech Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Chemical Wholesalers Facilities
Other Chemical Wholesalers facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Brenntag Mid-South Inc., Jci Jones Chemicals Inc., Tri-Chem Specialty 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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Valvoline Global - Santa Fe Springs. Pacific Star Chemical LLC stamps TRACE 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.
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This Pacific Star Chemical LLC TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pacific Star Chemical LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Santa Fe Springs, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers. 0.0% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Contact Technologies Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pacific Star Chemical LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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