EPA TRI Facility · Textiles
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills)
Molena, GA · Parent: Southern Mills DBA Tencate Proective Fabrics
- Total releases
- 2.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills): how the 2.5K lbs splits
2.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 2.2K lbs 89.4%
- Air Releases 259 lbs 10.6%
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills)'s 2.5K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 89.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 10.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Molena, GA, in the textiles sector. It reported 1.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2020, and 2.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 12,473 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. Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) is pounds #393 and chemical-count #402 at 2.5K 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: Ennis-Flint Inc Manchester Ga; Interfor - Thomaston Div; Quad/graphics Inc.; Continental Tire the Americas Llc/aldora Plant. Similar-scale Textiles peers outside Georgia: Solvay Composite Materials; J Charles Saunders Co Inc; Cytec Engineered Materials Inc; Industrial Polymers & Chemical S Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Formic acid.
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (89.4% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.5K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Solvay Composite Materials and J Charles Saunders Co Inc.
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.5K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills): Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 97 Textiles facilities in this database, Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) reports the 69th-largest volume (2.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 89.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Solvay Composite Materials and J Charles Saunders Co Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tencate Finishing (southern Mills)'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 89.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 30% (1.4K lbs to 1.0K lbs).
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills): annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 30% from 2019 to 2020). 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 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 259 lbs | - |
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tencate Finishing (southern Mills)
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Ennis-Flint Inc Manchester Ga, Interfor - Thomaston Div, Quad/graphics Inc., ordered by distance.
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Other Textiles facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Solvay Composite Materials, J Charles Saunders Co Inc, Cytec Engineered Materials Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) on cumulative reported pounds (2.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Martin Operating Ptnr LP, Reagents Holdings LLC, Afc Cable Systems. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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; nearby reporters include Ennis-Flint Inc Manchester Ga. Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) stamps LIGHT volume · LAND 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 Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CLEAN · 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.
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Molena, GA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 313310 · Textiles. 1.6% of Upson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Martin Operating Ptnr LP (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tencate Finishing (southern Mills) stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · 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