EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Altuglas Louisville Plant
Louisville, KY · Parent: Trinseo LLC
- Total releases
- 44.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Altuglas Louisville Plant: how the 44.0K lbs splits
44.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 43.6K lbs 99.0%
- Off-site Transfers 424 lbs 1.0%
Altuglas Louisville Plant's 44.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methyl methacrylate.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Altuglas Louisville Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Louisville, KY, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 11.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 44.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,405 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Altuglas Louisville Plant is pounds #160 and chemical-count #274 at 44.0K lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant; Dupont Louisville Plant; Chemours Louisville Plant; American Synthetic Rubber Co. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kentucky: Techniplas; Style Crest Enterprises Inc; Teijin Automotive Technologies Louisiana LLC; Tencom Ltd. Other Trinseo LLC sites in this extract: Aristech Surfaces LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methyl methacrylate; Ethyl acrylate.
Altuglas Louisville Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 44.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Techniplas and Style Crest Enterprises Inc.
Altuglas Louisville Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
44K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Altuglas Louisville Plant: Methyl methacrylate-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Altuglas Louisville Plant reports the 507th-largest volume (44.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methyl methacrylate alone is 95.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Techniplas and Style Crest Enterprises Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Altuglas Louisville Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Methyl methacrylate at 95.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Altuglas Louisville Plant's total reported releases rose from 6.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Altuglas Louisville Plant's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 424 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Altuglas Louisville Plant's air releases rose from 6.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Altuglas Louisville Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Altuglas Louisville Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 44.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 28% (8.6K lbs to 11.1K lbs).
Altuglas Louisville Plant: 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 Altuglas Louisville Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 28% 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: Methyl methacrylate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 10.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 8.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 11.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methyl methacrylate | 41.9K lbs | - |
| Ethyl acrylate | 2.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
Altuglas Louisville Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Altuglas Louisville Plant
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant, Dupont Louisville Plant, Chemours Louisville Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Techniplas, Style Crest Enterprises Inc, Teijin Automotive Technologies Louisiana LLC.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Altuglas Louisville Plant on cumulative reported pounds (44.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Xerox Joseph C Wilson Ctr for Technology, Safeway Milk Plant, Pyromation Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Xerox Joseph C Wilson Ctr for Technology Webster, NY · Machinery 44.0K lbs reported
- Safeway Milk Plant San Leandro, CA · Food 44.0K lbs reported
- Pyromation Inc Fort Wayne, IN · Computers and Electronic Products 44.0K lbs reported
- Coastal Chemical Co. LLC Abbeville, LA · Chemical Wholesalers 44.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Trinseo LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Aristech Surfaces LLC.
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 Methyl methacrylate, Ethyl acrylate; nearby reporters include Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant. Altuglas Louisville Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Altuglas Louisville Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Altuglas Louisville Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Louisville, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.2% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Xerox Joseph C Wilson Ctr for Technology (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Altuglas Louisville Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate. 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