EPA TRI Facility · Chemical Wholesalers
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City
Granite City, IL
- Total releases
- 4.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City: how the 4.2K lbs splits
4.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4.2K lbs 100.0%
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City's 4.2K 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 - Granite City is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Granite City, IL, in the chemical wholesalers sector. It reported 610 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 4.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,500 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. Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City is pounds #513 and chemical-count #814 at 4.2K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Green Plains Madison LLC; Magnesium Elektron Na Inc Madison; Amsted Rail Co Inc; Mayco Manufacturing LLC. Similar-scale Chemical Wholesalers peers outside Illinois: Brenntag Pacific Inc; Univar Solutions USA; Airgas USA LLC - Atlanta; Univar Solutions-Phoenix Ps. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brenntag Pacific Inc and Univar Solutions USA.
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.2K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% 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 - Granite City: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 530 Chemical Wholesalers facilities in this database, Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City reports the 213th-largest volume (4.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Brenntag Pacific Inc and Univar Solutions USA.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City Form-R facts
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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 Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 39% (1.0K lbs to 610 lbs).
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City: 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 - Granite City year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 39% 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 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 616 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 610 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 4.2K lbs | - |
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Green Plains Madison LLC, Magnesium Elektron Na Inc Madison, Amsted Rail Co Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Chemical Wholesalers Facilities
Other Chemical Wholesalers facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Brenntag Pacific Inc, Univar Solutions USA, Airgas USA LLC - Atlanta.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City on cumulative reported pounds (4.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Yellowstone Industrial LLC, Agroliquid - Goodland, Central Iowa Ready Mix West Des Moines. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Yellowstone Industrial LLC Girard, OH · Fabricated Metals 4.2K lbs reported
- Agroliquid - Goodland Goodland, KS · Chemicals 4.2K lbs reported
- Central Iowa Ready Mix West Des Moines West Des Moines, IA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 4.2K lbs reported
- Irving Oil Terminals Inc. Searsport, ME · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 4.2K lbs reported
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Green Plains Madison LLC. Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City 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.
Use and verify this record
This Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City 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 - Granite City totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Granite City, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers. 0.0% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Yellowstone Industrial LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Airgas Specialty Products - Granite City 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