EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Cambrex Charles City Inc
Charles City, IA · Parent: Cambrex Corp
- Total releases
- 145.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Cambrex Charles City Inc: how the 145.4K lbs splits
145.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 101.4K lbs 69.7%
- Water Discharges 44.0K lbs 30.3%
Cambrex Charles City Inc's 145.4K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 69.7% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 30.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
MID volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Cambrex Charles City Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Charles City, IA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 18.6K lbs of releases across 16 chemicals in 2023, and 145.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,804 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cambrex Charles City Inc is pounds #97 and chemical-count #9 at 145.4K lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Zoetis LLC; Valero Charles City Plant; Valent Biosciences LLC; Trimark Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Iowa: Huntsman Building Solutions; Lanco Manufacturing Corp; Al-Corn Clean Fuel; Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Dichloromethane; Methyl tert-butyl ether; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Cambrex Charles City Inc is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Charles City, IA: 145.4K lbs across 20 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 69.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Huntsman Building Solutions and Lanco Manufacturing Corp.
Cambrex Charles City Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
145K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cambrex Charles City Inc inside Floyd's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Cambrex Charles City Inc reports the 733rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 52.6% of every pound reported in Floyd. Scale peers outside Iowa include Huntsman Building Solutions and Lanco Manufacturing Corp.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Floyd's reported pounds (276.7K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cambrex Charles City Inc's total reported releases fell from 34.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 18.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cambrex Charles City Inc's air releases fell from 26.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cambrex Charles City Inc's water releases fell from 8.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cambrex Charles City Inc's chemicals reported fell from 17 in 2022 to 16 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cambrex Charles City Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cambrex Charles City Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 145.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 46% (34.4K lbs to 18.6K lbs).
Cambrex Charles City Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cambrex Charles City Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 46% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 34.4K lbs | 16 |
| 2020 | 28.4K lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 29.6K lbs | 16 |
| 2022 | 34.3K lbs | 17 |
| 2023 | 18.6K lbs | 16 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 29.3K lbs | - |
| Dichloromethane | 26.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methyl tert-butyl ether | 25.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 12.6K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 10.3K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 8.5K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 7.6K lbs | - |
| tert-Butyl alcohol | 6.1K lbs | - |
| Acetonitrile | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Nicotine and salts | 3.3K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 3.3K lbs | - |
| Chlorobenzene | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Formamide | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 1.1K lbs | - |
| 1,4-Dioxane | 998 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Triethylamine | 830 lbs | - |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 821 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formic acid | 574 lbs | - |
| sec-Butyl alcohol | 93 lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 24 lbs | - |
Cambrex Charles City Inc in Floyd
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cambrex Charles City Inc
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Zoetis LLC, Valero Charles City Plant, Valent Biosciences LLC, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cambrex Charles City Inc on cumulative reported pounds (145.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Sanimax USA LLC, Gates Corp, Actus Nutrition - Monroe. Chemical-count peers include Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Dichloromethane, Methyl tert-butyl ether, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Zoetis LLC. Cambrex Charles City Inc stamps MID volume · MIXED 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 Cambrex Charles City Inc TRI extract (MID · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · 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.
Cambrex Charles City Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Charles City, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325411 · Chemicals. 52.6% of Floyd TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sanimax USA LLC (Δ 104 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cambrex Charles City Inc stamps MID · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 69.7%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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