EPA TRI Facility · Food
Avoca LLC
Summerville, SC · Parent: Ashland LLC
- Total releases
- 3.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Avoca LLC: how the 3.0K lbs splits
3.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.0K lbs 100.0%
Avoca LLC's 3.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Avoca LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Summerville, SC, in the food sector. It reported 683 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,130 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. Avoca LLC is pounds #343 and chemical-count #457 at 3.0K 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: James Hardie Building Products Summerville; Knight Redi-Mix Inc. - Plant 4; Sportsman Boat Manufacturing Inc.; Scout Boats Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside South Carolina: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Weston Foods; Hiland Dairy Co; Symrise Inc. Other Ashland LLC sites in this extract: Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp; Avoca LLC; Isp Chemicals LLC; Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol.
Avoca LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Meat Solutions Corp and Weston Foods.
Avoca LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Avoca LLC: Methanol-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Avoca LLC reports the 1,083rd-largest volume (3.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Cargill Meat Solutions Corp and Weston Foods.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Avoca LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Avoca LLC's total reported releases fell from 731 lb in 2022 to 683 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avoca LLC's air releases fell from 731 lb in 2022 to 683 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Avoca LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Avoca LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 51% (452 lbs to 683 lbs).
Avoca LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Avoca LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 51% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 452 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 597 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 540 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 731 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 683 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 3.0K lbs | - |
Avoca LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Avoca LLC
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including James Hardie Building Products Summerville, Knight Redi-Mix Inc. - Plant 4, Sportsman Boat Manufacturing Inc., ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Weston Foods, Hiland Dairy Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Avoca LLC on cumulative reported pounds (3.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Pac Foundries, Arcosa Shoring Products Inc, Julian Lumber Co Inc. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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).
Other Ashland LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp, Avoca LLC, Isp Chemicals 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 Methanol; nearby reporters include James Hardie Building Products Summerville. Avoca LLC stamps LIGHT 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 Avoca LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Avoca LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Summerville, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311224 · Food. 0.1% of Dorchester TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pac Foundries (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Avoca LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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