EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Drexel Chemical
Memphis, TN · Parent: Drexel Chemical Co
- Total releases
- 31 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Drexel Chemical: how the 31 lbs splits
31 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 31 lbs 100.0%
Drexel Chemical's 31 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: Dimethylamine.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Drexel Chemical is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Memphis, TN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 31 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,617 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. Drexel Chemical is pounds #525 and chemical-count #192 at 31 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Providential Fabricators; Helm Fertilizer Terminal Inc; Arbor Preservative Systems LLC; Drexel Chemical Skagg's Facility. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Tennessee: Henkel US Operation Corp; Clorox Manufacturing Co of Puerto R Ico Inc.; Oxerra Americas LLC; Zoetis LLC. Other Drexel Chemical Co sites in this extract: Drexel Chemical Co; Drexel Chemical Co; Drexel Chemical Co; Drexel Chemical Gw Warehouse Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Dimethylamine; 2,4-DB; N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Fomesafen.
Drexel Chemical stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 31 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Henkel US Operation Corp and Clorox Manufacturing Co of Puerto R Ico Inc..
Drexel Chemical vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
31 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Drexel Chemical in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Drexel Chemical reports the 3,249th-largest volume (31 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Henkel US Operation Corp and Clorox Manufacturing Co of Puerto R Ico Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Drexel Chemical Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Drexel Chemical releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 31 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 97% (12 lbs to 0 lbs).
Drexel Chemical: 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 Drexel Chemical year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 97% 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: Dimethylamine.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 16 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Dimethylamine | 20 lbs | - |
| 2,4-DB | 7 lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 2 lbs | - |
| Fomesafen | 2 lbs | - |
| Metribuzin | 0 lbs | - |
Drexel Chemical · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Henkel US Operation Corp, Clorox Manufacturing Co of Puerto R Ico Inc., Oxerra Americas LLC.
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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 Dimethylamine, 2,4-DB, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Fomesafen; nearby reporters include Providential Fabricators. Drexel Chemical stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Drexel Chemical TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Dimethylamine) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Drexel Chemical totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Memphis, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325320 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Shelby TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Full Vision Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Drexel Chemical stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Dimethylamine. 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