EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
Cantonment, FL · Parent: Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 116.3M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 27
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC: how the 116.3M lbs splits
116.3M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 116.0M lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 365.5K lbs 0.3%
- Off-site Transfers 18.8K lbs <0.1%
- Water Discharges 352 lbs <0.1%
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's 116.3M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
DENSE volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cantonment, FL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 17.5M lbs of releases across 22 chemicals in 2023, and 116.3M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Florida's 659 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds (116.3M lbs) at 27 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (2.4M lbs, pounds #15). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Santoprene Production Pensacola LLC; Cerex Advanced Fabrics Inc; Ready Mix USA Llc-Cantonment Plant; Gulf Clean Energy Center. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Florida: Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant; Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Green Lake Plant; Bayer Cropscience LP; Cornerstone Chemical Co LLC. Other Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant; Ascend Performance Materials Operations Llc-Decatur Plant; Ascend Performance Materials. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Formic acid; Methanol; n-Butyl alcohol.
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
Florida TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=659)
- Duke Energy Florida...
- Ascend Performance M...
What this shows Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads Florida chemical count. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #2. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC stamps DENSE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.7% land disposal) across 27 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 116.3M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant and Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Green Lake Plant.
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
116M lbs Top 1% higher than 100% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC inside Escambia's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC reports the 1st-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 93.0% of every pound reported in Escambia. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 76.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Florida include Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant and Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Green Lake Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Escambia's reported pounds (125.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's total reported releases fell from 20.5 million lb in 2022 to 17.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's water releases fell from 13 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's air releases fell from 79.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 57.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's land releases fell from 20.5 million lb in 2022 to 17.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 116.3M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 36% (27.5M lbs to 17.5M lbs).
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC: annual Form-R pounds
DENSE site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 36% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.5M lbs | 21 |
| 2020 | 23.2M lbs | 22 |
| 2021 | 27.5M lbs | 23 |
| 2022 | 20.5M lbs | 25 |
| 2023 | 17.5M lbs | 22 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 27 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 88.5M lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 14.2M lbs | - |
| Methanol | 3.6M lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 2.4M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 2.3M lbs | - |
| Cyclohexanol | 2.3M lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 1.1M lbs | - |
| Picric acid | 370.9K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 290.3K lbs | - |
| Dibutyl phthalate | 243.7K lbs | - |
| Biphenyl | 200.0K lbs | - |
| Copper | 170.1K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 138.7K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 109.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Butyraldehyde | 100.3K lbs | - |
| Propionaldehyde | 72.3K lbs | - |
| Maleic anhydride | 48.2K lbs | - |
| sec-Butyl alcohol | 30.1K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 21.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acrylic acid | 11.3K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 8.3K lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 5.5K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 2.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 737 lbs | - |
| Phthalic anhydride | 272 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
Closest other reporters in Florida - including Santoprene Production Pensacola LLC, Cerex Advanced Fabrics Inc, Ready Mix USA Llc-Cantonment Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant, Ineos Nitriles USA LLC Green Lake Plant, Bayer Cropscience LP.
Compare beyond Florida
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC on cumulative reported pounds (116.3M lbs) and distinct chemical count (27). Release-pound peers include Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc, Dark Horse Treating Facility, Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter & Refinery. Chemical-count peers include Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div, Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C., Keystone Power Plant. 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.
- Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc Claypool, AZ · Primary Metals 129.3M lbs reported
- Dark Horse Treating Facility Jal, NM · Natural Gas Processing 131.3M lbs reported
- Kennecott Utah Copper Smelter & Refinery Magna, UT · Primary Metals 135.3M lbs reported
- Chemical Waste Management Emelle, AL · Hazardous Waste 95.6M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div Rumford, ME · Paper 27 chemicals
- Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C. Middlesex, NJ · Hazardous Waste 27 chemicals
- Keystone Power Plant Shelocta, PA · Electric Utilities 27 chemicals
- Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Philadelphia Refinery Philadelphia, PA · Petroleum 27 chemicals
Other Ascend Performance Materials Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant, Ascend Performance Materials Operations Llc-Decatur Plant, Ascend Performance Materials.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Formic acid, Methanol, n-Butyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Santoprene Production Pensacola LLC. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC stamps DENSE volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC TRI extract (DENSE · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cantonment, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325110 · Chemicals. 93.0% of Escambia TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc (Δ 12.9M lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC stamps DENSE volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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