EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Quaker Houghton Detroit
Detroit, MI · Parent: Quaker Houghton Pa Inc
- Total releases
- 5 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Quaker Houghton Detroit: how the 5 lbs splits
5 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5 lbs 100.0%
Quaker Houghton Detroit's 5 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: Sodium nitrite.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Quaker Houghton Detroit is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Detroit, MI, in the petroleum sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 6 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 18,954 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Quaker Houghton Detroit is pounds #728 and chemical-count #193 at 5 lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc; Quikrete - Detroit Mi Plant; Quaker Chemical Corp (2); Dci Aerotech. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Michigan: Virginia Paving Alexandria Plant; Asphalt & Fuel Supply; Northeast Paving Bridgeville Plant; Suit-Kote Meadville. Other Quaker Houghton Pa Inc sites in this extract: Quaker Houghton - Middletown; Quaker Houghton Pa ,inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Certain glycol ethers; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Zinc compounds.
Quaker Houghton Detroit stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Virginia Paving Alexandria Plant and Asphalt & Fuel Supply.
Quaker Houghton Detroit vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5 lbs 27th percentile higher than 27% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Quaker Houghton Detroit in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Quaker Houghton Detroit reports the 562nd-largest volume (5 lbs). Scale peers outside Michigan include Virginia Paving Alexandria Plant and Asphalt & Fuel Supply.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Quaker Houghton Detroit Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Quaker Houghton Detroit releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Quaker Houghton Detroit: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Quaker Houghton Detroit year-over-year reported totals. 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: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 5 lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 0 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 0 lbs | - |
Quaker Houghton Detroit · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Quaker Houghton Detroit
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc, Quikrete - Detroit Mi Plant, Quaker Chemical Corp (2), ordered by distance.
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Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Virginia Paving Alexandria Plant, Asphalt & Fuel Supply, Northeast Paving Bridgeville Plant.
Other Quaker Houghton Pa Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Quaker Houghton - Middletown, Quaker Houghton Pa ,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 Sodium nitrite, Certain glycol ethers, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc. Quaker Houghton Detroit 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.
Use and verify this record
This Quaker Houghton Detroit TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Quaker Houghton Detroit totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Detroit, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324191 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: A Stucki Co D/b/a Seco Machine (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Quaker Houghton Detroit stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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