EPA TRI Facility · Textile Product
Premier Polymers
Chatsworth, GA
- Total releases
- 1.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Premier Polymers: how the 1.3K lbs splits
1.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.3K lbs 94.9%
- Off-site Transfers 68 lbs 5.1%
Premier Polymers's 1.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Premier Polymers is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chatsworth, GA, in the textile product sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 13,407 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. Premier Polymers is pounds #424 and chemical-count #117 at 1.3K 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: Shaw Industries Group Inc Plant We; Polyventive - Dalton; Mfg Chemical Inc Brooks Road; Tiarco-Rst. Similar-scale Textile Product peers outside Georgia: Mehler Engineered Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Copper compounds; Nonylphenol Ethoxylates; n-Butyl alcohol.
Premier Polymers stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.9% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mehler Engineered Products.
Premier Polymers vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.3K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Premier Polymers inside Murray's TRI pounds
Among the 35 Textile Product facilities in this database, Premier Polymers reports the 16th-largest volume (1.3K lbs). This one site accounts for 98.1% of every pound reported in Murray. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ethylene glycol alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Mehler Engineered Products.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Murray's reported pounds (1.4K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Premier Polymers Form-R facts
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7.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Premier Polymers releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (1.3K lbs to 0 lbs).
Premier Polymers: 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 Premier Polymers year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 0 lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 0 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| Biphenyl | 0 lbs | - |
Premier Polymers · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Premier Polymers
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Shaw Industries Group Inc Plant We, Polyventive - Dalton, Mfg Chemical Inc Brooks Road, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Textile Product Facilities
Other Textile Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Mehler Engineered Products.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Premier Polymers on cumulative reported pounds (1.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Ogs Technologies LLC, Ab Foundry LLC, Stoner Inc. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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).
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 glycol, Copper compounds, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, n-Butyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Shaw Industries Group Inc Plant We. Premier Polymers 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 Premier Polymers TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Premier Polymers totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chatsworth, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 314110 · Textile Product. 98.1% of Murray TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ogs Technologies LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Premier Polymers stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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