EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2
Salisbury, NC · Parent: Westlake Corp
- Total releases
- 206.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2: how the 206.1K lbs splits
206.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 205.2K lbs 99.6%
- Off-site Transfers 824 lbs 0.4%
- Land Disposal 20 lbs <0.1%
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2's 206.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Salisbury, NC, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 74.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 206.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,193 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 2 is pounds #104 and chemical-count #94 at 206.1K 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: Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC; Henkel US Operations Corp; Walk-On Products Inc; Sws Concrete-Salisbury Plant. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside North Carolina: Ampac Plastics LLC; Henniges Automotive; Goldshield Fiberglass Inc 43-1; Precision Fiberglass Products Ltd.. 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; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Diisocyanates.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.6% air releases) across 6 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 206.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ampac Plastics LLC and Henniges Automotive.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
206K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% 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 2: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 reports the 201st-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Ampac Plastics LLC and Henniges Automotive.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2's total reported releases rose from 38.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 74.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2's land releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 20 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2's air releases rose from 38.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 74.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2's off-site transfers rose from 99 lb in 2022 to 153 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 206.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 46% (51.2K lbs to 74.8K lbs).
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 46% 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 | 51.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 406 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 40.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 38.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 74.8K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 205.2K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 755 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 64 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 30 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 3 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC, Henkel US Operations Corp, Walk-On Products Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Ampac Plastics LLC, Henniges Automotive, Goldshield Fiberglass Inc 43-1.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 on cumulative reported pounds (206.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Whitford Corp, Bayonne Energy Center, American Foam Cast. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC. Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 TRI extract (MID · AIR · 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 2 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Salisbury, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 11.0% of Rowan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Whitford Corp (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 stamps MID volume · AIR 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