EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Albemarle
Kings Mountain, NC
- Total releases
- 118.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Albemarle: how the 118.3K lbs splits
118.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 96.9K lbs 81.9%
- Air Releases 21.4K lbs 18.1%
Albemarle's 118.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 81.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 18.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lithium carbonate.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Albemarle is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kings Mountain, NC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 20.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 118.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,231 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Albemarle is pounds #146 and chemical-count #386 at 118.3K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Concrete Supply Co - Kings Moutain; Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co; Parker Hannifin - Gpd; Cormetech Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside North Carolina: Guardian Energy LLC; Carlisle Polyurethane Systems; Baxalta US Inc; Klinger Paint Co Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lithium carbonate; n-Hexane.
Albemarle stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (81.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 118.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Guardian Energy LLC and Carlisle Polyurethane Systems.
Albemarle vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
118K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Albemarle: Lithium carbonate-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Albemarle reports the 826th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lithium carbonate alone is 83.4% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Guardian Energy LLC and Carlisle Polyurethane Systems.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Albemarle's pounds in one chemical - here Lithium carbonate at 83.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Albemarle's total reported releases rose from 19.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Albemarle's air releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Albemarle's off-site transfers rose from 15.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 18.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Albemarle Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Albemarle releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 118.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 25% (27.6K lbs to 20.8K lbs).
Albemarle: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Albemarle year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 25% 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: Lithium carbonate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 21.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 29.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 19.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 20.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lithium carbonate | 98.7K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 19.7K lbs | - |
Albemarle · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Albemarle
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Concrete Supply Co - Kings Moutain, Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co, Parker Hannifin - Gpd, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Guardian Energy LLC, Carlisle Polyurethane Systems, Baxalta US Inc.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Albemarle on cumulative reported pounds (118.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling, Guardian Energy LLC, Jg Boswell Co Oil Mill. 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.
- Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling Mount Sterling, KY · Furniture 118.3K lbs reported
- Guardian Energy LLC Janesville, MN · Chemicals 118.4K lbs reported
- Jg Boswell Co Oil Mill Corcoran, CA · Food 118.3K lbs reported
- Carmeuse Lime Inc Grand River Operations Grand River, OH · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 118.4K lbs reported
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 Lithium carbonate, n-Hexane; nearby reporters include Concrete Supply Co - Kings Moutain. Albemarle stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Albemarle TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Lithium carbonate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Albemarle totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kings Mountain, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 5.3% of Cleveland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Albemarle stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Lithium carbonate. 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