EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH
Los Angeles, CA · Parent: Sotera Health LLC
- Total releases
- 175 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH: how the 175 lbs splits
175 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 175 lbs 100.0%
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH's 175 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: Ethylene oxide.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Los Angeles, CA, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 76 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 175 lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,984 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. Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH is pounds #793 and chemical-count #677 at 175 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: Sterigenics-Los Angeles Facility; Amvac Chemical Corp; Aocusa; Aocusa. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside California: Tms International LLC; Safety-Kleen Systems Avon (avo); Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Stoughton LLC; Diversified Scientific Service S Inc. (dssi). Other Sotera Health LLC sites in this extract: Sterigenics US LLC - Santa Teresa Facility; Sterigenics US Llc-Grand Prairie Texas Facility; Sterigenics US Llc-Queensbury Ny Facility; Sterigenics US Llc-Charlotte Nc Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene oxide; Ethylene glycol.
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 175 lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tms International LLC and Safety-Kleen Systems Avon (avo).
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
175 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH reports the 176th-largest volume (175 lbs). Scale peers outside California include Tms International LLC and Safety-Kleen Systems Avon (avo).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH's total reported releases fell from 99 lb in 2022 to 76 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH's air releases fell from 99 lb in 2022 to 76 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 175 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 23% (99 lbs to 76 lbs).
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 23% from 2022 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: Ethylene oxide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 99 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 76 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene oxide | 175 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH
Closest other reporters in California - including Sterigenics-Los Angeles Facility, Amvac Chemical Corp, Aocusa, ordered by distance.
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Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Tms International LLC, Safety-Kleen Systems Avon (avo), Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Stoughton LLC.
Other Sotera Health LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sterigenics US LLC - Santa Teresa Facility, Sterigenics US Llc-Grand Prairie Texas Facility, Sterigenics US Llc-Queensbury Ny Facility.
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 Ethylene oxide, Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Sterigenics-Los Angeles Facility. Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH stamps TRACE 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 Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Ethylene oxide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Los Angeles, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 562112 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cooper Farms Cooked Meats (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sterigenics US LLC la 50TH stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Ethylene oxide. 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