EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Aristech Surfaces LLC
Florence, KY · Parent: Trinseo US Holding Inc
- Total releases
- 58.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Aristech Surfaces LLC: how the 58.1K lbs splits
58.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 57.4K lbs 98.7%
- Off-site Transfers 750 lbs 1.3%
Aristech Surfaces LLC's 58.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methyl methacrylate.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Aristech Surfaces LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Florence, KY, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 3.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 58.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,787 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. Aristech Surfaces LLC is pounds #149 and chemical-count #272 at 58.1K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Celanese Engineered Materials; M-I LLC Sweco Div; Crane Composites Inc.; Southern Graphic Systems LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Kentucky: Mar-Bal Inc.; Dadi Bathware; Shelter Works; Skyline Composite. Other Trinseo US Holding Inc sites in this extract: Altuglas LLC; Trinseo Llc-Mi Operations; Trinseo LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methyl methacrylate; Butyl acrylate.
Aristech Surfaces LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.7% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 58.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mar-Bal Inc. and Dadi Bathware.
Aristech Surfaces LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
58K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Aristech Surfaces LLC: Methyl methacrylate-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Aristech Surfaces LLC reports the 444th-largest volume (58.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methyl methacrylate alone is 96.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Mar-Bal Inc. and Dadi Bathware.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Aristech Surfaces LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Methyl methacrylate at 96.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Aristech Surfaces LLC's total reported releases fell from 53.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Aristech Surfaces LLC's air releases fell from 53.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Aristech Surfaces LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Aristech Surfaces LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 58.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 29750% (10 lbs to 3.0K lbs).
Aristech Surfaces LLC: 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 Aristech Surfaces LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 29750% 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 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 53.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 3.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methyl methacrylate | 56.4K lbs | - |
| Butyl acrylate | 1.8K lbs | - |
Aristech Surfaces LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Aristech Surfaces LLC
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Celanese Engineered Materials, M-I LLC Sweco Div, Crane Composites Inc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Mar-Bal Inc., Dadi Bathware, Shelter Works.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Aristech Surfaces LLC on cumulative reported pounds (58.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Ascent Chemicals, Stockhausen Superabsorber LLC, Pressure Chemical Co. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Trinseo US Holding Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Altuglas LLC, Trinseo Llc-Mi Operations, Trinseo 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, Butyl acrylate; nearby reporters include Celanese Engineered Materials. Aristech Surfaces LLC stamps LIGHT 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.
Use and verify this record
This Aristech Surfaces LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Aristech Surfaces LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Florence, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326113 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.1% of Boone TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ascent Chemicals (Δ 44 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Aristech Surfaces LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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