EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Air Products & Chemicals
New Castle, DE · Parent: Air Products & Chemicals Inc
- Total releases
- 104.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Air Products & Chemicals: how the 130.5K lbs splits
130.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 130.4K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 94 lbs 0.1%
Air Products & Chemicals's 130.5K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Air Products & Chemicals is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Castle, DE, in the chemicals sector. It reported 25.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 104.7K lbs in total across its 2021-2024 reporting years. That ranks 4,486 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Delaware's 53 reporting TRI sites, Delaware City Refinery leads both reported pounds (27.7M lbs) and chemical count (42 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nexpera - Red Lion Plant; Kuehne Chemical Co Inc; Rogers Corp - Bear; Delaware City Refinery. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Delaware: Green Plains Otter Tail LLC; Dubois Chemicals Inc. - Nampa Id; Sherwin-Williams Co; Nugen Energy LLC. Other Air Products & Chemicals Inc sites in this extract: Air Products Manufacturing LLC; Air Products LLC; Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr; Air Products Baytown 3 Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Ethylene; Propylene.
Air Products & Chemicals stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 104.7K lbs (2021–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Green Plains Otter Tail LLC and Dubois Chemicals Inc. - Nampa Id.
Air Products & Chemicals vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
105K 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
Air Products & Chemicals: Methanol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Air Products & Chemicals reports the 887th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 69.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Delaware include Green Plains Otter Tail LLC and Dubois Chemicals Inc. - Nampa Id.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Air Products & Chemicals's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 69.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Air Products & Chemicals's total reported releases fell from 37.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Air Products & Chemicals's off-site transfers fell from 29 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Air Products & Chemicals's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 7 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Air Products & Chemicals's air releases fell from 37.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Air Products & Chemicals Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Air Products & Chemicals releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 130.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2024, total releases decreased by 27% (35.2K lbs to 25.8K lbs).
Air Products & Chemicals: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2021–2024
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Air Products & Chemicals year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 27% from 2021 to 2024). 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 35.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 37.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 32.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2024 | 25.8K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 90.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 16.7K lbs | - |
| Ethylene | 16.0K lbs | - |
| Propylene | 6.4K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
Air Products & Chemicals · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Air Products & Chemicals
Closest other reporters in Delaware - including Nexpera - Red Lion Plant, Kuehne Chemical Co Inc, Rogers Corp - Bear, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Delaware - e.g. Green Plains Otter Tail LLC, Dubois Chemicals Inc. - Nampa Id, Sherwin-Williams Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Air Products & Chemicals on cumulative reported pounds (104.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Lakeside Foods Inc., Trident Americas, Cascades Tissue Group - Wiscon Sin Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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 Air Products & Chemicals Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Air Products Manufacturing LLC, Air Products LLC, Air Products & Chemicals Inc - Garyville Smr.
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 Methanol, Ammonia, Ethylene, Propylene; nearby reporters include Nexpera - Red Lion Plant. Air Products & Chemicals 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.
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This Air Products & Chemicals TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Air Products & Chemicals totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Castle, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2024 (4 years). NAICS 325120 · Chemicals. 0.4% of New Castle TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lakeside Foods Inc. (Δ 40 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Air Products & Chemicals stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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