EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ask Chemicals LLC
Cleveland, OH
- Total releases
- 60.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ask Chemicals LLC: how the 60.0K lbs splits
60.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 45.1K lbs 75.3%
- Air Releases 14.8K lbs 24.7%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Ask Chemicals LLC's 60.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 75.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 24.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Diisocyanates.
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 CARC-LEAN
Ask Chemicals LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cleveland, OH, in the chemicals sector. It reported 3.2K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 60.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,718 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ask Chemicals LLC is pounds #357 and chemical-count #185 at 60.0K lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dorn Color LLC; Nippon Paint Automotive Americas, Inc; Kelly Plating Co; Neograf Solutions LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Ohio: Hub City Energy LLC; Solvay USA LLC Silver Bow Plant; Poet Biorefining Alexandria LLC; Green Plains Atkinson LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Methanol; Phenol; Formaldehyde.
Ask Chemicals LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (75.3% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 60.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hub City Energy LLC and Solvay USA LLC Silver Bow Plant.
Ask Chemicals LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
60K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ask Chemicals LLC: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ask Chemicals LLC reports the 1,204th-largest volume (60.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 75.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Hub City Energy LLC and Solvay USA LLC Silver Bow Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ask Chemicals LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 75.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ask Chemicals LLC's total reported releases rose from 2.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ask Chemicals LLC's air releases rose from 2.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ask Chemicals LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ask Chemicals LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 60.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 93% (48.4K lbs to 3.2K lbs).
Ask Chemicals 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 Ask Chemicals LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 48.4K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 2.6K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 2.8K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 2.9K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 3.2K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 45.0K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 10.0K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 2.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 157 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 41 lbs | Carcinogen |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 2 lbs | - |
| Triethylamine | 0 lbs | - |
Ask Chemicals LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ask Chemicals LLC
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Dorn Color LLC, Nippon Paint Automotive Americas, Inc, Kelly Plating Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Hub City Energy LLC, Solvay USA LLC Silver Bow Plant, Poet Biorefining Alexandria LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ask Chemicals LLC on cumulative reported pounds (60.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Premium Fiberglass Pools LLC, Hub City Energy LLC, Solvay USA LLC Silver Bow Plant. 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
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 Diisocyanates, Methanol, Phenol, Formaldehyde; nearby reporters include Dorn Color LLC. Ask Chemicals LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Ask Chemicals LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ask Chemicals LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cleveland, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Cuyahoga TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Premium Fiberglass Pools LLC (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ask Chemicals LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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