EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Kao Specialties Americas LLC
High Point, NC · Parent: Kao America Inc
- Total releases
- 81.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Kao Specialties Americas LLC: how the 81.6K lbs splits
81.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 68.1K lbs 83.4%
- Air Releases 13.2K lbs 16.2%
- Land Disposal 281 lbs 0.3%
Kao Specialties Americas LLC's 81.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 83.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 16.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Kao Specialties Americas LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in High Point, NC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 8.0K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 81.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,016 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. Kao Specialties Americas LLC is pounds #169 and chemical-count #70 at 81.6K 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: Cascade Die Casting/atlantic; Akzonobel Coatings Inc; Future Foam Inc; Ennis-Flint Inc - High Point Facility. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside North Carolina: Dupont Electronic Polymers; Sofix LLC; Industrial Dielectrics Inc.; Polynt Composites USA Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Methanol; 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol; Allyl alcohol.
Kao Specialties Americas LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (83.4% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 81.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dupont Electronic Polymers and Sofix LLC.
Kao Specialties Americas LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
82K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kao Specialties Americas LLC: Ethylene glycol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Kao Specialties Americas LLC reports the 1,016th-largest volume (81.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ethylene glycol alone is 78.1% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Dupont Electronic Polymers and Sofix LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kao Specialties Americas LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Ethylene glycol at 78.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Kao Specialties Americas LLC's total reported releases fell from 27.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kao Specialties Americas LLC's air releases rose from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kao Specialties Americas LLC's land releases fell from 89 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kao Specialties Americas LLC's off-site transfers fell from 25.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kao Specialties Americas LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kao Specialties Americas LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 81.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 733% (964 lbs to 8.0K lbs).
Kao Specialties Americas LLC: 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 Kao Specialties Americas LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 733% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 964 lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 17.8K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 27.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 27.8K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 8.0K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 63.7K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 16.2K lbs | - |
| 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 821 lbs | - |
| Allyl alcohol | 463 lbs | - |
| Styrene | 355 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Propylene oxide | 39 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene oxide | 3 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs | - |
Kao Specialties Americas LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kao Specialties Americas LLC on cumulative reported pounds (81.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Dupont Electronic Polymers, American Nickeloid Co, Meyer Utility Structures LLC Plt No 1662. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
Similar chemical count
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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 Ethylene glycol, Methanol, 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Allyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Cascade Die Casting/atlantic. Kao Specialties Americas LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Kao Specialties Americas LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kao Specialties Americas LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for High Point, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 4.9% of Guilford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dupont Electronic Polymers (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kao Specialties Americas LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Ethylene glycol. 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