EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1
East Spencer, NC · Parent: Westlake Corp
- Total releases
- 4.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1: how the 4.2K lbs splits
4.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.2K lbs 97.9%
- Land Disposal 70 lbs 1.6%
- Air Releases 20 lbs 0.5%
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1's 4.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.9% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 1.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Spencer, NC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 174 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 4.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,488 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. Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 is pounds #366 and chemical-count #86 at 4.2K 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: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 51; Chroma Color Corp; Innospec Active Chemicals; Concrete Supply Co - Salisbury. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside North Carolina: Prototype Concepts Inc; Woodbridge Inoac Technical Products LLC; Icp Building Solutions Group- Norton; Dadi Bathware. Other Westlake Corp sites in this extract: Westlake Longview Corp; Westlake US 2 LLC; Westlake Polymers LLC; Westlake Vinyls Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Diisocyanates; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.9% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Prototype Concepts Inc and Woodbridge Inoac Technical Products LLC.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.2K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 reports the 913th-largest volume (4.2K lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Prototype Concepts Inc and Woodbridge Inoac Technical Products LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1's total reported releases fell from 243 lb in 2022 to 174 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1's land releases rose from 5 lb in 2022 to 65 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1's air releases fell from 20 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1's off-site transfers fell from 218 lb in 2022 to 109 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 Form-R facts
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See how Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
90% less than the comparison
2.3× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 90% (1.7K lbs to 174 lbs).
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1: 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 Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 90% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 184 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 243 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 174 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 592 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 182 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 5 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 4 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 0 lbs | - |
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 51, Chroma Color Corp, Innospec Active Chemicals, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Prototype Concepts Inc, Woodbridge Inoac Technical Products LLC, Icp Building Solutions Group- Norton.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 on cumulative reported pounds (4.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Olympic Adhesives Inc, Ford Meter Box Co Inc, Western Marketing Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Westlake Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Westlake Longview Corp, Westlake US 2 LLC, Westlake Polymers LLC.
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 Certain glycol ethers, Diisocyanates, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 51. Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 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.
Use and verify this record
This Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Spencer, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.2% of Rowan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Olympic Adhesives Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 1 stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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