EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Valero Charles City Plant
Charles City, IA · Parent: Valero Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 131.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Valero Charles City Plant: how the 131.2K lbs splits
131.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 131.2K lbs 100.0%
Valero Charles City Plant's 131.2K 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: Acetaldehyde.
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 AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Valero Charles City Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Charles City, IA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 33.3K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 131.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,013 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. Valero Charles City Plant is pounds #102 and chemical-count #52 at 131.2K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cambrex Charles City Inc; Zoetis LLC; Valent Biosciences LLC; Iowa Contract Fabricators Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Iowa: Coating Place Inc; Sherwin-Williams Co; Vibrantz Color Solutions Inc.; St. Marks Powder Inc.. Other Valero Energy Corp sites in this extract: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining-Texas LP; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Acrolein; Formic acid.
Valero Charles City Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 10 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 131.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Coating Place Inc and Sherwin-Williams Co.
Valero Charles City Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
131K 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
Valero Charles City Plant inside Floyd's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Valero Charles City Plant reports the 769th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 47.4% of every pound reported in Floyd. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 58.7% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Iowa include Coating Place Inc and Sherwin-Williams Co.
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
- Valero Charles City Plant's total reported releases rose from 24.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Charles City Plant's air releases rose from 24.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Valero Charles City Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Valero Charles City Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 131.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 41% (23.7K lbs to 33.3K lbs).
Valero Charles City Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Valero Charles City Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 41% 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: Acetaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23.7K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 24.6K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 25.1K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 24.5K lbs | 10 |
| 2023 | 33.3K lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 52.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 32.5K lbs | - |
| Acrolein | 17.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formic acid | 12.9K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 8.7K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 7.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 94 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 79 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 75 lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs | - |
Valero Charles City Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valero Charles City Plant
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Cambrex Charles City Inc, Zoetis LLC, Valent Biosciences LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Coating Place Inc, Sherwin-Williams Co, Vibrantz Color Solutions Inc..
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Valero Charles City Plant on cumulative reported pounds (131.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Molded Fiber Glass / Union City, Timber Products Co Medford, Reworld Oil LLC. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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.
- Molded Fiber Glass / Union City Union City, PA · Plastics and Rubber 131.2K lbs reported
- Timber Products Co Medford Medford, OR · Wood Products 131.3K lbs reported
- Reworld Oil LLC Hodgkins, IL · Hazardous Waste 131.1K lbs reported
- Panasonic Energy Corp of America Lithium Div Columbus, GA · Electrical Equipment 131.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Valero Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, Valero Refining-Texas LP, Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP.
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 Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane, Acrolein, Formic acid; nearby reporters include Cambrex Charles City Inc. Valero Charles City Plant stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Valero Charles City Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valero Charles City Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Charles City, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325193 · Chemicals. 47.4% of Floyd TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Molded Fiber Glass / Union City (Δ 48 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valero Charles City Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde. 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