EPA TRI Facility · Food
Avoca LLC
Merry Hill, NC · Parent: Ashland LLC
- Total releases
- 1.9M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Avoca LLC: how the 1.9M lbs splits
1.9M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.9M lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Avoca LLC's 1.9M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. 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.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Avoca LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Merry Hill, NC, in the food sector. It reported 95.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 1.9M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 888 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. Avoca LLC is pounds #31 and chemical-count #161 at 1.9M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Edenton Boatworks LLC; Regulator Marine Inc.; Domtar Paper Co Llc-Plymouth Mill; Weyerhaeuser Nr Co - Lumber Technologies. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Carolina: Tyson Farms Inc. - Union City Processing; Cottonseed Co-Op Corp; Cargill Inc; Mullins Cheese Inc. Other Ashland LLC sites in this extract: Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp; Isp Chemicals LLC; Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc; Avoca LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; n-Hexane; Chloroform; Toluene.
Avoca LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.9M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Farms Inc. - Union City Processing and Cottonseed Co-Op Corp.
Avoca LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.9M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Avoca LLC: Methanol-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Avoca LLC reports the 111th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 81.5% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Tyson Farms Inc. - Union City Processing and Cottonseed Co-Op Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Avoca LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 81.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Avoca LLC's total reported releases fell from 276.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 95.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avoca LLC's air releases fell from 276.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 95.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Avoca LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Avoca LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.9M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 84% (603.2K lbs to 95.7K lbs).
Avoca LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Avoca LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 84% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 603.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 461.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 439.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 276.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 95.7K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 1.5M lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 249.3K lbs | - |
| Chloroform | 94.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 3.7K lbs | - |
Avoca LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Avoca LLC
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Edenton Boatworks LLC, Regulator Marine Inc., Domtar Paper Co Llc-Plymouth Mill, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Tyson Farms Inc. - Union City Processing, Cottonseed Co-Op Corp, Cargill Inc.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Avoca LLC on cumulative reported pounds (1.9M lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Aurorium Zeeland LLC, Basf Totalenergies Petrochemicals LLC, Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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.
- Aurorium Zeeland LLC Zeeland, MI · Chemicals 1.9M lbs reported
- Basf Totalenergies Petrochemicals LLC Port Arthur, TX · Chemicals 1.9M lbs reported
- Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant Louisville, KY · Transportation Equipment 1.9M lbs reported
- Tyson Farms Inc. - Union City Processing Union City, TN · Food 1.9M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Ashland LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp, Isp Chemicals LLC, Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals 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 Methanol, n-Hexane, Chloroform, Toluene; nearby reporters include Edenton Boatworks LLC. Avoca LLC stamps HEAVY 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 Avoca LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Avoca LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Merry Hill, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311930 · Food. 13.5% of Bertie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aurorium Zeeland LLC (Δ 3.5K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Avoca LLC stamps HEAVY 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