EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ascent Chemicals
Fountain Inn, SC
- Total releases
- 14.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ascent Chemicals: how the 14.8K lbs splits
14.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 13.4K lbs 90.4%
- Air Releases 1.4K lbs 9.6%
Ascent Chemicals's 14.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Arsenic compounds.
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-HEAVY
Ascent Chemicals is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fountain Inn, SC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 57 lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 14.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,930 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ascent Chemicals is pounds #264 and chemical-count #36 at 14.8K lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Teknor Apex - Carolina Co; Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC; Holly Oak Chemical Inc; Simonds International LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside South Carolina: Apl Engineered Materials Inc; Chemical & Metal Industries Inc; Inland Coatings; Lubrizol Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Arsenic compounds; Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Methanol.
Ascent Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.4% off-site transfers) across 14 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Apl Engineered Materials Inc and Chemical & Metal Industries Inc.
Ascent Chemicals vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ascent Chemicals: carcinogen-lbs share on Form-R
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ascent Chemicals reports the 1,879th-largest volume (14.8K lbs). Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 90.7% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Apl Engineered Materials Inc and Chemical & Metal Industries Inc.
Carcinogen-heavy means ≥50% of pounds (90.7% here), not of chemical count. EPA/IARC classification ≠ site risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ascent Chemicals's total reported releases fell from 5.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 57 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascent Chemicals's off-site transfers fell from 5.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascent Chemicals's air releases fell from 270 lb in 2022 to 57 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ascent Chemicals's chemicals reported rose from 7 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ascent Chemicals Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ascent Chemicals releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 14.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 96% (1.5K lbs to 57 lbs).
Ascent Chemicals: 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 Ascent Chemicals year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 96% 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: Arsenic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 603 lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 6.9K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 5.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 57 lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenic compounds | 8.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 5.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Certain glycol ethers | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 307 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 25 lbs | - |
| 3-Iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate | 20 lbs | - |
| Diuron | 20 lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 20 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 10 lbs | - |
| Phthalic anhydride | 0 lbs | - |
| Diethyl sulfate | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| N-Hydroxyethylethylenediamine | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
| Chlorothalonil | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Ascent Chemicals · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ascent Chemicals
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Teknor Apex - Carolina Co, Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC, Holly Oak Chemical Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Apl Engineered Materials Inc, Chemical & Metal Industries Inc, Inland Coatings.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ascent Chemicals on cumulative reported pounds (14.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Bridgestone Americas Off Road, Apl Engineered Materials Inc, Watkins Manufacturing. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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.
- Bridgestone Americas Off Road Normal, IL · Plastics and Rubber 14.8K lbs reported
- Apl Engineered Materials Inc Urbana, IL · Chemicals 14.8K lbs reported
- Watkins Manufacturing Vista, CA · Plastics and Rubber 14.8K lbs reported
- Brenntag Southwest Inc St Gabriel Saint Gabriel, LA · Chemical Wholesalers 14.8K lbs reported
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 Arsenic compounds, Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds, Certain glycol ethers, Methanol; nearby reporters include Teknor Apex - Carolina Co. Ascent Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Ascent Chemicals TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Arsenic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ascent Chemicals totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fountain Inn, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 3.1% of Laurens TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bridgestone Americas Off Road (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ascent Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Arsenic compounds. 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