EPA TRI Facility · Chemical Wholesalers
Brenntag Southwest Inc
Houston, TX
- Total releases
- 42.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Brenntag Southwest Inc: how the 42.3K lbs splits
42.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 31.2K lbs 73.9%
- Air Releases 11.0K lbs 26.1%
Brenntag Southwest Inc's 42.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 73.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 26.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Brenntag Southwest Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the chemical wholesalers sector. It reported 11.9K lbs of releases across 16 chemicals in 2023, and 42.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,503 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. Brenntag Southwest Inc is pounds #632 and chemical-count #98 at 42.3K 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: Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC; Arkema Inc; Reichhold LLC 2; Gb Biosciences LLC. Similar-scale Chemical Wholesalers peers outside Texas: Championx-Hobbs; Superior Industrial Solutions Inc.; Interstate Chemical Co Inc; Univar Solutions USA. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Methanol; Toluene; Formic acid.
Brenntag Southwest Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (73.9% off-site transfers) across 20 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Championx-Hobbs and Superior Industrial Solutions Inc..
Brenntag Southwest Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Brenntag Southwest Inc in the Chemical Wholesalers sector extract
Among the 530 Chemical Wholesalers facilities in this database, Brenntag Southwest Inc reports the 53rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 10% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Championx-Hobbs and Superior Industrial Solutions 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
- Brenntag Southwest Inc's total reported releases fell from 12.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brenntag Southwest Inc's air releases rose from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brenntag Southwest Inc's off-site transfers fell from 9.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brenntag Southwest Inc's chemicals reported fell from 17 in 2022 to 16 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Brenntag Southwest Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Brenntag Southwest Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 6185% (190 lbs to 11.9K lbs).
Brenntag Southwest Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Brenntag Southwest Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 6185% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 190 lbs | 18 |
| 2020 | 6.2K lbs | 19 |
| 2021 | 11.6K lbs | 17 |
| 2022 | 12.3K lbs | 17 |
| 2023 | 11.9K lbs | 16 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 10.6K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 10.0K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 6.5K lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 5.5K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 1.9K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1.1K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 157 lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 0 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 0 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| tert-Butyl alcohol | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| N,N-Dimethylformamide | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 0 lbs | - |
Brenntag Southwest Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Brenntag Southwest Inc on cumulative reported pounds (42.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Isp Chemicals LLC, Jvis Manufacturing LLC, Lindau Chemicals Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Certain glycol ethers, Methanol, Toluene, Formic acid; nearby reporters include Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC. Brenntag Southwest Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Brenntag Southwest Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Brenntag Southwest Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Isp Chemicals LLC (Δ 34 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Brenntag Southwest Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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