EPA TRI Facility · Food
Chemstar Products
Mcpherson, KS · Parent: Chemstar Products Co
- Total releases
- 103 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Chemstar Products: how the 103 lbs splits
103 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 103 lbs 100.0%
Chemstar Products's 103 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: Propylene oxide.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Chemstar Products is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mcpherson, KS, in the food sector. It reported 2 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 103 lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 16,521 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Chemstar Products is pounds #228 and chemical-count #278 at 103 lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ics Inc; Certainteed LLC; Chs McPherson Refinery - Sru; Cargill Animal Nutrition. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kansas: Jm Smucker LLC; Adm Animal Nutrition; Murphy-Brown LLC Waverly Feed Mill; Koch Foods LLC of Morristown Deboning. Other Chemstar Products Co sites in this extract: Chemstar Products Co; Chemstar Products Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Propylene oxide.
Chemstar Products stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 103 lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jm Smucker LLC and Adm Animal Nutrition.
Chemstar Products vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
103 lbs 36th percentile higher than 36% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Chemstar Products in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Chemstar Products reports the 1,276th-largest volume (103 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Jm Smucker LLC and Adm Animal Nutrition.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Chemstar Products 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 Chemstar Products releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 103 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases decreased by 98% (82 lbs to 2 lbs).
Chemstar Products: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Chemstar Products year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% from 2019 to 2021). 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: Propylene oxide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 82 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 19 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Propylene oxide | 103 lbs | Carcinogen |
Chemstar Products · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Chemstar Products
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Ics Inc, Certainteed LLC, Chs McPherson Refinery - Sru, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Jm Smucker LLC, Adm Animal Nutrition, Murphy-Brown LLC Waverly Feed Mill.
Other Chemstar Products Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Chemstar Products Co, Chemstar Products Co.
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 Propylene oxide; nearby reporters include Ics Inc. Chemstar Products stamps TRACE 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 Chemstar Products TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Propylene oxide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Chemstar Products totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mcpherson, KS, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 311221 · Food. 0.0% of Mcpherson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Horton Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Chemstar Products stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Propylene oxide. 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