EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant
North Charleston, SC · Parent: Ingevity Corp
- Total releases
- 423.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant: how the 423.8K lbs splits
423.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 423.0K lbs 99.8%
- Off-site Transfers 825 lbs 0.2%
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant's 423.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
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.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in North Charleston, SC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 78.8K lbs of releases across 13 chemicals in 2023, and 423.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,160 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. Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant is pounds #66 and chemical-count #33 at 423.8K 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: Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp; U.S. Dod Dfsp Charleston; Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Clements Ferry; Detyens Shipyard. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside South Carolina: Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant; Lenzing Fibers Inc; Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.); Denka Performance Elastomer LLC. Other Ingevity Corp sites in this extract: Ingevity Virginia Corp; Ingevity Virginia Corp-Wickliffe Carbon Plant; Ingevity South Carolina LLC; Ozark Materials LLC an Ingevity Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia; Methanol; Dimethylamine.
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.8% air releases) across 14 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 423.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant and Lenzing Fibers Inc.
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
424K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant reports the 437th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant and Lenzing Fibers Inc.
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
- Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant's total reported releases fell from 81.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 78.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant's chemicals reported fell from 14 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant's air releases fell from 81.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 78.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant Form-R facts
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See how Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 423.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 16% (93.4K lbs to 78.8K lbs).
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant: 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 Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 16% 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 93.4K lbs | 14 |
| 2020 | 81.6K lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 89.0K lbs | 14 |
| 2022 | 81.1K lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 78.8K lbs | 13 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 178.7K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 126.4K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 63.6K lbs | - |
| Dimethylamine | 9.2K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 8.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Maleic anhydride | 8.3K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 7.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 5.5K lbs | - |
| Acrylic acid | 5.4K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 5.1K lbs | - |
| Methyl iodide | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 535 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Certain glycol ethers | 97 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 29 lbs | - |
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp, U.S. Dod Dfsp Charleston, Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Clements Ferry, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant, Lenzing Fibers Inc, Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.).
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant on cumulative reported pounds (423.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Cc Metals & Alloys LLC, Dura-Tech Processes, Swd Inc.. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Ingevity Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ingevity Virginia Corp, Ingevity Virginia Corp-Wickliffe Carbon Plant, Ingevity South Carolina 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 Hydrogen sulfide, Ammonia, Methanol, Dimethylamine; nearby reporters include Kapstone Paper & Packaging Corp. Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for North Charleston, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325194 · Chemicals. 5.9% of Charleston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cc Metals & Alloys LLC (Δ 67 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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