EPA TRI Facility · Textiles
Burlington Finishing Plant
Burlington, NC · Parent: Elevate Textiles Inc
- Total releases
- 6.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Burlington Finishing Plant: how the 6.6K lbs splits
6.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.2K lbs 94.2%
- Air Releases 384 lbs 5.8%
Burlington Finishing Plant's 6.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Burlington Finishing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Burlington, NC, in the textiles sector. It reported 1.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 6.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,659 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. Burlington Finishing Plant is pounds #342 and chemical-count #572 at 6.6K 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: Hydro Extrusion USA LLC; Indulor America LP; Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Hatchery Rd; Apollo Chemical. Similar-scale Textiles peers outside North Carolina: Duracote Corp; 3M Co - Monrovia Tape; Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing; Custom Coatings Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Burlington Finishing Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.2% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Duracote Corp and 3M Co - Monrovia Tape.
Burlington Finishing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.6K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Burlington Finishing Plant: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone-led volume
Among the 97 Textiles facilities in this database, Burlington Finishing Plant reports the 57th-largest volume (6.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Duracote Corp and 3M Co - Monrovia Tape.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Burlington Finishing Plant's pounds in one chemical - here N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Burlington Finishing Plant's total reported releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Burlington Finishing Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Burlington Finishing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Burlington Finishing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 4% (1.2K lbs to 1.2K lbs).
Burlington Finishing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Burlington Finishing Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 6.6K lbs | - |
Burlington Finishing Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Burlington Finishing Plant
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Hydro Extrusion USA LLC, Indulor America LP, Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Hatchery Rd, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Textiles Facilities
Other Textiles facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Duracote Corp, 3M Co - Monrovia Tape, Polartec Tennessee Manufacturing.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Burlington Finishing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (6.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include U.S. Amines (portsmouth) LLC, Spectrum Laboratory Products ( New Jersey), Fraser Manufacturing Facility. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
- U.S. Amines (portsmouth) LLC Portsmouth, VA · Chemicals 6.6K lbs reported
- Spectrum Laboratory Products ( New Jersey) New Brunswick, NJ · Chemical Wholesalers 6.6K lbs reported
- Fraser Manufacturing Facility Fraser, MI · Fabricated Metals 6.6K lbs reported
- Shell Birmingham Terminal Birmingham, AL · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 6.6K 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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; nearby reporters include Hydro Extrusion USA LLC. Burlington Finishing Plant stamps LIGHT 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.
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This Burlington Finishing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Burlington Finishing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Burlington, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 313310 · Textiles. 1.0% of Alamance TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: U.S. Amines (portsmouth) LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Burlington Finishing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone. 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