EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC
La Porte, TX · Parent: Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC
- Total releases
- 142.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC: how the 142.0K lbs splits
142.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 109.2K lbs 76.9%
- Air Releases 32.8K lbs 23.1%
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC's 142.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 76.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 23.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chloroacetic acid.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in La Porte, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 38.5K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 142.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,856 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. Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC is pounds #383 and chemical-count #267 at 142.0K 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: Ampac Fine Chemicals Texas LLC; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Bayport Chemical Plant; Bayport_tx; Air Liquide la Porte Smr. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware; Eddyville Chlor-Alkali LLC; Solutia Inc Anniston Plant; Globe Composite Solutions LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chloroacetic acid; Methanol; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); sec-Butyl alcohol.
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (76.9% off-site transfers) across 10 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 142.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware and Eddyville Chlor-Alkali LLC.
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
142K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC reports the 745th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware and Eddyville Chlor-Alkali LLC.
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
- Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC's total reported releases fell from 52.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 38.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC's off-site transfers fell from 44.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC's air releases fell from 8.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 142.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1101% (3.2K lbs to 38.5K lbs).
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1101% 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: Chloroacetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.2K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 7.4K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 40.1K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 52.8K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 38.5K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chloroacetic acid | 66.2K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 30.7K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 22.3K lbs | - |
| sec-Butyl alcohol | 9.7K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 5.5K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 5.1K lbs | - |
| Ethyl chloroformate | 789 lbs | - |
| Methyl chlorocarbonate | 689 lbs | - |
| Phosgene | 656 lbs | - |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 311 lbs | Carcinogen |
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Texas - including Ampac Fine Chemicals Texas LLC, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Bayport Chemical Plant, Bayport_tx, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware, Eddyville Chlor-Alkali LLC, Solutia Inc Anniston Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC on cumulative reported pounds (142.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware, Pilgrim's Cold Springs Processing Plant, Astemo Americas Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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.
- Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware Delaware, OH · Chemicals 142.0K lbs reported
- Pilgrim's Cold Springs Processing Plant Cold Spring, MN · Food 142.1K lbs reported
- Astemo Americas Inc. Findlay, OH · Transportation Equipment 142.1K lbs reported
- Dal-Tile Tennessee LLC DBA Dal- Tile Tennessee Old Columbia Dickson, TN · Printing 141.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Chloroacetic acid, Methanol, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), sec-Butyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Ampac Fine Chemicals Texas LLC. Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Chloroacetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for La Porte, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ppg Industries Ohio Inc - Delaware (Δ 36 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Altivia Specialty Chemicals LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Chloroacetic acid. 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