EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Borger Carbon Black Plant
Borger, TX · Parent: Tokai Carbon Cb
- Total releases
- 705.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Borger Carbon Black Plant: how the 705.6K lbs splits
705.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 705.3K lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 332 lbs <0.1%
Borger Carbon Black Plant's 705.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Carbon disulfide.
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 AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Borger Carbon Black Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Borger, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 163.4K lbs of releases across 11 chemicals in 2023, and 705.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,603 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. Borger Carbon Black Plant is pounds #165 and chemical-count #215 at 705.6K 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: Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant; Rock Creek Gas Plant; Nutrien US LLC; Univar Solution USA Inc Borger. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Westlake Vinyls Co; Pbi Performance Products Inc; Curia Rensselaer Inc.; Lubrizol Corp Painesvil Le Plant. Other Tokai Carbon Cb sites in this extract: Addis Carbon Black Plant; Big Spring Carbon Black Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Carbon disulfide; Hydrogen sulfide; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Carbonyl sulfide.
Borger Carbon Black Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 11 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 705.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Westlake Vinyls Co and Pbi Performance Products Inc.
Borger Carbon Black Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
706K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Borger Carbon Black Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Borger Carbon Black Plant reports the 323rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 8.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Westlake Vinyls Co and Pbi Performance Products 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
- Borger Carbon Black Plant's total reported releases fell from 185.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 163.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Borger Carbon Black Plant's off-site transfers rose from 66 lb in 2022 to 161 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Borger Carbon Black Plant's air releases fell from 185.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 163.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Borger Carbon Black Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Borger Carbon Black Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 705.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 28% (127.4K lbs to 163.4K lbs).
Borger Carbon Black Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Borger Carbon Black Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 28% 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: Carbon disulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 127.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 108.9K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 120.5K lbs | 11 |
| 2022 | 185.4K lbs | 11 |
| 2023 | 163.4K lbs | 11 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Carbon disulfide | 230.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 230.2K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 166.4K lbs | - |
| Carbonyl sulfide | 76.8K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 634 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 58 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 13 lbs | - |
| Acetophenone | 0 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenol | 0 lbs | - |
Borger Carbon Black Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Borger Carbon Black Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant, Rock Creek Gas Plant, Nutrien US LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Westlake Vinyls Co, Pbi Performance Products Inc, Curia Rensselaer Inc..
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Borger Carbon Black Plant on cumulative reported pounds (705.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include Crown Beverage Packaging, Coresco LLC Maidsville Complex, Knauf Insulation Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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.
- Crown Beverage Packaging Batesville, MS · Fabricated Metals 705.9K lbs reported
- Coresco LLC Maidsville Complex Maidsville, WV · Other 706.1K lbs reported
- Knauf Insulation Inc. Albion, MI · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 704.8K lbs reported
- Wellborn Cabinet Inc Ashland, AL · Furniture 703.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
Other Tokai Carbon Cb Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Addis Carbon Black Plant, Big Spring Carbon Black Plant.
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 Carbon disulfide, Hydrogen sulfide, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Carbonyl sulfide; nearby reporters include Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant. Borger Carbon Black Plant stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Borger Carbon Black Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Carbon disulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Borger Carbon Black Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Borger, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 3.2% of Hutchinson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Crown Beverage Packaging (Δ 273 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Borger Carbon Black Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Carbon disulfide. 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