EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Afton Chemical Additives Corp
Port Arthur, TX · Parent: Newmarket Corp
- Total releases
- 3.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Afton Chemical Additives Corp: how the 3.3K lbs splits
3.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.3K lbs 100.0%
Afton Chemical Additives Corp's 3.3K 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: Methyl methacrylate.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Afton Chemical Additives Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Port Arthur, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 367 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,924 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Afton Chemical Additives Corp is pounds #1148 and chemical-count #1649 at 3.3K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Motiva - Port Arthur Chemicals; Motiva-Port Arthur Refinery; Linde Port Arthur Hydrogen Facility 497; Premcor Refining Group Inc Port Arthur. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Solvay USA LLC; National Chemical Laboratories Inc; Axalta Coating Systems USA LLC; Kw Plastics of California. Other Newmarket Corp sites in this extract: Afton Chemical Corp; Afton Chemical Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methyl methacrylate.
Compare Afton Chemical Additives Corp with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Motiva - Port Arthur Chemicals Port Arthur · 1.3M lbs
- Motiva-Port Arthur Refinery Port Arthur · 2.5M lbs
- Linde Port Arthur Hydrogen Facility 497 Port Arthur · 173.9K lbs
- Premcor Refining Group Inc Port Arthur Port Arthur · 3.7M lbs
Similar-scale Chemicals sites elsewhere: Solvay USA LLC (MD) · National Chemical Laboratories Inc (PA) · Axalta Coating Systems USA LLC (OH)
Afton Chemical Additives Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Solvay USA LLC and National Chemical Laboratories Inc.
Afton Chemical Additives Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.3K lbs Top 46% higher than 54% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Afton Chemical Additives Corp: Methyl methacrylate-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Afton Chemical Additives Corp reports the 2,466th-largest volume (3.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methyl methacrylate alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Solvay USA LLC and National Chemical Laboratories Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Afton Chemical Additives Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Methyl methacrylate at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Afton Chemical Additives Corp's total reported releases fell from 821 lb in 2022 to 367 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Afton Chemical Additives Corp's air releases fell from 821 lb in 2022 to 367 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Afton Chemical Additives Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Afton Chemical Additives Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 32% (538 lbs to 367 lbs).
Afton Chemical Additives Corp: 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 Afton Chemical Additives Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 32% 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: Methyl methacrylate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 538 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 591 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 821 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 367 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methyl methacrylate | 3.3K lbs | - |
Afton Chemical Additives Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Afton Chemical Additives Corp
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Motiva - Port Arthur Chemicals, Motiva-Port Arthur Refinery, Linde Port Arthur Hydrogen Facility 497, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Afton Chemical Additives Corp on cumulative reported pounds (3.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Solvay USA LLC, A Stucki Co D/b/a American Industries, Grede II LLC. 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 Newmarket Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Afton Chemical Corp, Afton Chemical Corp.
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 Methyl methacrylate; nearby reporters include Motiva - Port Arthur Chemicals. Afton Chemical Additives Corp 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.
Use and verify this record
This Afton Chemical Additives Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Afton Chemical Additives Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Port Arthur, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Solvay USA LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Afton Chemical Additives Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methyl methacrylate. 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