EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Specchem LLC
Kansas City, KS
- Total releases
- 33 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Specchem LLC: how the 33 lbs splits
33 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 33 lbs 100.0%
Specchem LLC's 33 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Specchem LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kansas City, KS, in the chemicals sector. It reported 16 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 33 lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,577 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. Specchem LLC is pounds #259 and chemical-count #126 at 33 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: Phillips 66 Kansas City Terminal; Gnb Kck LLC; Certainteed LLC; A & E Custom Manufacturing. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Kansas: Allied New Technologies Inc; Allied Universal Corp; Pvs Technologies Inc; Laticrete International Inc. Grand Prairie. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Nonylphenol; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Diisocyanates.
Specchem LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 33 lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Allied New Technologies Inc and Allied Universal Corp.
Specchem LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
33 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Specchem LLC in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Specchem LLC reports the 3,244th-largest volume (33 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Allied New Technologies Inc and Allied Universal Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Specchem LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Specchem LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 33 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 11% (17 lbs to 16 lbs).
Specchem LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Specchem LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 11% from 2022 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 16 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 23 lbs | - |
| Nonylphenol | 10 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
Specchem LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Specchem LLC
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Phillips 66 Kansas City Terminal, Gnb Kck LLC, Certainteed LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Allied New Technologies Inc, Allied Universal Corp, Pvs Technologies Inc.
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Nonylphenol, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Phillips 66 Kansas City Terminal. Specchem LLC stamps TRACE 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.
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This Specchem LLC TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Specchem LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kansas City, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 325520 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Wyandotte TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Allied New Technologies Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Specchem LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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