EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Afton Chemical Corp
Sauget, IL · Parent: Newmarket Corp
- Total releases
- 1.3M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 22
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Afton Chemical Corp: how the 1.3M lbs splits
1.3M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.1M lbs 80.6%
- Air Releases 255.0K lbs 19.4%
Afton Chemical Corp's 1.3M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 80.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Afton Chemical Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sauget, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 232.5K lbs of releases across 19 chemicals in 2023, and 1.3M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,101 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Afton Chemical Corp is pounds #44 and chemical-count #13 at 1.3M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Flexsys America LP Krummrich; Solutia Inc P2S5 Plant; Occidental Chemical Corp Sauget Plant; Center Ethanol Co LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Freeport_olin Bc; Teijin Automotive Technologies - Van Wert; Motiva - Port Arthur Chemicals; Advansix Resins & Chemicals LLC. Other Newmarket Corp sites in this extract: Afton Chemical Corp; Afton Chemical Additives Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Methanol; n-Hexane; Ammonia.
Afton Chemical Corp stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (80.6% off-site transfers) across 22 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.3M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Freeport_olin Bc and Teijin Automotive Technologies - Van Wert.
Afton Chemical Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.3M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Afton Chemical Corp inside St. Clair's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Afton Chemical Corp reports the 224th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 34.7% of every pound reported in St. Clair. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 76.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Freeport_olin Bc and Teijin Automotive Technologies - Van Wert.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of St. Clair's reported pounds (3.8M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Afton Chemical Corp's total reported releases fell from 249.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 232.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Afton Chemical Corp's air releases rose from 35.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Afton Chemical Corp's off-site transfers fell from 213.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 178.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Afton Chemical Corp's chemicals reported fell from 20 in 2022 to 19 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Afton Chemical Corp Form-R facts
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7.3× 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 Afton Chemical Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.3M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 16% (277.8K lbs to 232.5K lbs).
Afton Chemical Corp: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Afton Chemical Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 16% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 277.8K lbs | 19 |
| 2020 | 263.8K lbs | 20 |
| 2021 | 293.1K lbs | 19 |
| 2022 | 249.2K lbs | 20 |
| 2023 | 232.5K lbs | 19 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 22 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.0M lbs | - |
| Methanol | 81.8K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 73.4K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 30.5K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 25.6K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 23.4K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 21.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Carbon disulfide | 13.7K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 11.3K lbs | - |
| Nonylphenol | 9.8K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 7.1K lbs | - |
| Maleic anhydride | 5.1K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 3.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 2.4K lbs | - |
| Triethylamine | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Dicyclopentadiene | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1.1K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 861 lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 285 lbs | - |
| Toluene | 65 lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 40 lbs | - |
| Hydrazine | 20 lbs | Carcinogen |
Afton Chemical Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Afton Chemical Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Flexsys America LP Krummrich, Solutia Inc P2S5 Plant, Occidental Chemical Corp Sauget Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Freeport_olin Bc, Teijin Automotive Technologies - Van Wert, Motiva - Port Arthur Chemicals.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Afton Chemical Corp on cumulative reported pounds (1.3M lbs) and distinct chemical count (22). Release-pound peers include Freeport_olin Bc, Ajax Tocco Warren Ohio Plant, US Army Fort Stewart (part). Chemical-count peers include Seward Power Plant, Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, Envirite of Pennsylvania Inc. 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).
Other Newmarket Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Afton Chemical Corp, Afton Chemical Additives Corp.
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 Zinc compounds, Methanol, n-Hexane, Ammonia; nearby reporters include Flexsys America LP Krummrich. Afton Chemical Corp stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Afton Chemical Corp TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Afton Chemical Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sauget, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 34.7% of St. Clair TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Freeport_olin Bc (Δ 390 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Afton Chemical Corp stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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