EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Prefere Melamines LLC
Springfield, MA
- Total releases
- 30.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Prefere Melamines LLC: how the 35.8K lbs splits
35.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 35.8K lbs 100.0%
Prefere Melamines LLC's 35.8K 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: Methanol.
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
Prefere Melamines LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Springfield, MA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 5.7K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2024, and 30.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 7,311 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Massachusetts's 373 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Prefere Melamines LLC is pounds #86 and chemical-count #21 at 30.1K lbs. Solutia Inc leads reported pounds (2.5M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Astro Chemicals Inc leads chemical count at 17 chemicals (5.9K lbs, pounds #154). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Solutia Inc; Cs-Ma LLC DBA Construction Service; James Austin Co; Astro Chemicals Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Massachusetts: American Phoenix Inc.; Arkema Inc; Bridgeport Ethanol LLC; Penn Color Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; n-Butyl alcohol; Formaldehyde; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Prefere Melamines LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 30.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include American Phoenix Inc. and Arkema Inc.
Prefere Melamines LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
30K lbs Top 28% higher than 72% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Prefere Melamines LLC in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Prefere Melamines LLC reports the 1,544th-largest volume (30.1K lbs). Scale peers outside Massachusetts include American Phoenix Inc. and Arkema Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Prefere Melamines LLC's total reported releases fell from 6.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prefere Melamines LLC's chemicals reported rose from 6 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prefere Melamines LLC's air releases fell from 6.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Prefere Melamines LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Prefere Melamines LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 35.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 10% (5.1K lbs to 5.7K lbs).
Prefere Melamines LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Prefere Melamines LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 10% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 6.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 6.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 6.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 6.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2024 | 5.7K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 20.1K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 9.2K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 6.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Prefere Melamines LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Prefere Melamines LLC
Closest other reporters in Massachusetts - including Solutia Inc, Cs-Ma LLC DBA Construction Service, James Austin Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 372 other reporting facilities in Massachusetts.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Massachusetts - e.g. American Phoenix Inc., Arkema Inc, Bridgeport Ethanol LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prefere Melamines LLC on cumulative reported pounds (30.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include American Phoenix Inc., Arkema Inc, Logan Clay Products LLC. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. 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).
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 Methanol, n-Butyl alcohol, Formaldehyde, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Solutia Inc. Prefere Melamines LLC 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 Prefere Melamines LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Prefere Melamines LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Springfield, MA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 0.6% of Hampden TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: American Phoenix Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prefere Melamines LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol. 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