EPA TRI Facility · Chemical Wholesalers
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga
Columbus, GA · Parent: Airgas Inc
- Total releases
- 3.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga: how the 3.1K lbs splits
3.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.1K lbs 100.0%
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga's 3.1K 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: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Columbus, GA, in the chemical wholesalers sector. It reported 567 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,043 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga is pounds #372 and chemical-count #566 at 3.1K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Exide Technologies; Covalence Coated Products; Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co; Stepan Co. Similar-scale Chemical Wholesalers peers outside Georgia: Pride Solvents & Chemical Co of New Jersey; Hawkins Inc. - Centralia; Barton Solvents Inc. West Bend; Cone Louisville LLC. Other Airgas Inc sites in this extract: Airgas Nitrous Oxide; Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp; Airgas Dry Ice; Airgas Specialty Products-Waxahachie Tx. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pride Solvents & Chemical Co of New Jersey and Hawkins Inc. - Centralia.
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.1K lbs Top 46% higher than 54% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 530 Chemical Wholesalers facilities in this database, Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga reports the 232nd-largest volume (3.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Pride Solvents & Chemical Co of New Jersey and Hawkins Inc. - Centralia.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 13% (500 lbs to 567 lbs).
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 563 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 567 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 3.1K lbs | - |
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Exide Technologies, Covalence Coated Products, Goldens' Foundry & Machine Co, ordered by distance.
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Other Chemical Wholesalers facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Pride Solvents & Chemical Co of New Jersey, Hawkins Inc. - Centralia, Barton Solvents Inc. West Bend.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga on cumulative reported pounds (3.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Macdermid, Weyerhaeuser Nr Co, Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Marine Terminal. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Airgas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Airgas Nitrous Oxide, Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp, Airgas Dry Ice.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Exide Technologies. Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga stamps LIGHT 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 Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Columbus, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers. 0.5% of Muscogee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Macdermid (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Airgas Specialty Products-Columbus Ga stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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