EPA TRI Facility · Textiles
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant
Pendleton, SC · Parent: Milliken & Co
- Total releases
- 185.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant: how the 185.4K lbs splits
185.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 185.4K lbs 100.0%
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant's 185.4K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pendleton, SC, in the textiles sector. It reported 35.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 185.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,375 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. Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant is pounds #113 and chemical-count #404 at 185.4K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Michelin Na Inc-Sandy Springs; Greenfield Industries; Basf Corporation/clemson Site; Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Clemson. Similar-scale Textiles peers outside South Carolina: Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co; Phifer Inc; Ahlstrom Nonwovens LLC; Trelleborg Coated Systems US Inc. Other Milliken & Co sites in this extract: King America Finishing Inc; Milliken Chemical Allen Plant; Encapsys LLC; Sivance LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 185.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co and Phifer Inc.
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
185K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 97 Textiles facilities in this database, Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant reports the 10th-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co and Phifer Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant's total reported releases rose from 30.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 35.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant's water releases rose from 30.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 35.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 185.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 16% (42.2K lbs to 35.4K lbs).
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 42.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 37.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 39.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 30.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 35.4K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 185.4K lbs | - |
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Michelin Na Inc-Sandy Springs, Greenfield Industries, Basf Corporation/clemson Site, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Textiles Facilities
Other Textiles facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co, Phifer Inc, Ahlstrom Nonwovens LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (185.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Designer's Choice Cabinetry, King Systems Corp, Lactalis American Group 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 Milliken & Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including King America Finishing Inc, Milliken Chemical Allen Plant, Encapsys 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Michelin Na Inc-Sandy Springs. Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant stamps MID volume · WATER 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.
Use and verify this record
This Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant TRI extract (MID · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pendleton, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 313310 · Textiles. 14.9% of Anderson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Designer's Choice Cabinetry (Δ 28 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Milliken & Co-Pendleton Finishing Plant stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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