EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Archem America Inc.
Dickson, TN · Parent: Archem Inc.
- Total releases
- 686 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Archem America Inc.: how the 686 lbs splits
686 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 686 lbs 100.0%
Archem America Inc.'s 686 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: Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers).
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Archem America Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dickson, TN, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 138 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 686 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,385 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Archem America Inc. is pounds #438 and chemical-count #312 at 686 lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dal-Tile Dickson; Shiloh Industries Inc; Masonite Corp; Zochem LLC. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Tennessee: Archem America Inc.; Pandel Inc; Setco Inc; Dalton Foam Div of Ncfi. Other Archem Inc. sites in this extract: Archem America Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers); Diisocyanates; Diethanolamine.
Archem America Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 686 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Archem America Inc. and Pandel Inc.
Archem America Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
686 lbs 45th percentile higher than 45% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Archem America Inc. in the Plastics and Rubber sector extract
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Archem America Inc. reports the 1,067th-largest volume (686 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Archem America Inc. and Pandel 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
- Archem America Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 115 lb in 2022 to 138 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Archem America Inc.'s air releases rose from 115 lb in 2022 to 138 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Archem America Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Archem America Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 686 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 26% (185 lbs to 138 lbs).
Archem America Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Archem America Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 26% 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: Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 185 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 121 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 127 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 115 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 138 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 467 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 201 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 17 lbs | - |
Archem America Inc. · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
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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 Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates, Diethanolamine; nearby reporters include Dal-Tile Dickson. Archem America Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Archem America Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Archem America Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dickson, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326150 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.2% of Dickson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sepro Distribution Center (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Archem America Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Toluene diisocyanate (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