EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc
Dalton, GA
- Total releases
- 18.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc: how the 18.0K lbs splits
18.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 18.0K lbs 100.0%
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc's 18.0K 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: Epichlorohydrin.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dalton, GA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 9.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 18.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,473 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. Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc is pounds #267 and chemical-count #175 at 18.0K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cargill Inc; Apollo Aerosol Industries LLC; Mfg Chemical Inc Callahan Road; Synthetic Turf Resources Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Georgia: US Methanol LLC Liberty One Methanol Plant; Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte; Oxy Vinyls LP; Three Bond International Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Epichlorohydrin; Methyl acrylate; Diethanolamine; Maleic anhydride.
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include US Methanol LLC Liberty One Methanol Plant and Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte.
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc: Epichlorohydrin-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc reports the 1,785th-largest volume (18.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Epichlorohydrin alone is 84.4% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Georgia include US Methanol LLC Liberty One Methanol Plant and Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Epichlorohydrin at 84.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc's total reported releases rose from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc's air releases rose from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 840% (1.0K lbs to 9.4K lbs).
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc: 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 Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 840% 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: Epichlorohydrin.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 9.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Epichlorohydrin | 15.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methyl acrylate | 2.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diethanolamine | 0 lbs | - |
| Maleic anhydride | 0 lbs | - |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Cargill Inc, Apollo Aerosol Industries LLC, Mfg Chemical Inc Callahan Road, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. US Methanol LLC Liberty One Methanol Plant, Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte, Oxy Vinyls LP.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc on cumulative reported pounds (18.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Manchester Street Llc., Pcc Structurals Inc., Alliance Compressors. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico 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).
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 Epichlorohydrin, Methyl acrylate, Diethanolamine, Maleic anhydride; nearby reporters include Cargill Inc. Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc stamps LIGHT 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.
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This Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Epichlorohydrin) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dalton, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325613 · Chemicals. 3.4% of Whitfield TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Manchester Street Llc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Southern Chemical & Textiles Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Epichlorohydrin. 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