EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Quaker City Chemicals
Philadelphia, PA
- Total releases
- 18.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 13
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Quaker City Chemicals: how the 18.5K lbs splits
18.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 16.3K lbs 88.4%
- Air Releases 2.1K lbs 11.6%
Quaker City Chemicals's 18.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 88.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 11.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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
Quaker City Chemicals is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Philadelphia, PA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2024, and 18.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 8,419 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Quaker City Chemicals is pounds #369 and chemical-count #53 at 18.5K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tanner Industries Inc; Senneca Holdings (hmf Express); Advansix Resins & Chemicals LLC; Frontida Biopharm LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Pennsylvania: Triest Ag Group Inc; Basf Corp; Finishes Unlimited Inc; Symrise Colonels Island Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Toluene; Ethylene glycol; Methanol.
Quaker City Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (88.4% off-site transfers) across 13 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Triest Ag Group Inc and Basf Corp.
Quaker City Chemicals vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Quaker City Chemicals in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Quaker City Chemicals reports the 1,768th-largest volume (18.5K lbs). Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Triest Ag Group Inc and Basf Corp.
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
- Quaker City Chemicals's total reported releases fell from 10.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quaker City Chemicals's air releases rose from 291 lb in 2022 to 750 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Quaker City Chemicals's off-site transfers fell from 10.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Quaker City Chemicals Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Quaker City Chemicals releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 100% (1.4K lbs to 5 lbs).
Quaker City Chemicals: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Quaker City Chemicals year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 1.3K lbs | 12 |
| 2021 | 2.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 10.9K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 2.6K lbs | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 4 of 13 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 4.7K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 2.8K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 2.1K lbs | - |
| Dichloromethane | 48 lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 40 lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 0 lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 0 lbs | - |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Trichloroethylene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 0 lbs | - |
| 2-Ethoxyethanol | 0 lbs | - |
Quaker City Chemicals · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Quaker City Chemicals
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Tanner Industries Inc, Senneca Holdings (hmf Express), Advansix Resins & Chemicals LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Triest Ag Group Inc, Basf Corp, Finishes Unlimited Inc.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Quaker City Chemicals on cumulative reported pounds (18.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (13). Release-pound peers include Triest Ag Group Inc, Jupiter Coil Coating, Delaware Dynamics LLC. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal, Global Companies LLC, Shell Providence Terminal. 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal Guaynabo, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Global Companies LLC Revere, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Shell Providence Terminal Providence, RI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Sig Sauer Inc Newington, NH · Fabricated Metals 13 chemicals
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene, Ethylene glycol, Methanol; nearby reporters include Tanner Industries Inc. Quaker City Chemicals 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 Quaker City Chemicals TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Quaker City Chemicals totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Philadelphia, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.9% of Philadelphia TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Triest Ag Group Inc (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Quaker City Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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