EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant
Bay City, TX · Parent: Celanese Corp
- Total releases
- 400.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant: how the 400.6K lbs splits
400.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 400.6K lbs 100.0%
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant's 400.6K 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: Vinyl acetate.
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 CARC-HEAVY
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bay City, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 56.2K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 400.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,213 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. Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant is pounds #231 and chemical-count #304 at 400.6K 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: Oxea Corp Bay City Plant; Gulfmark Energy Inc; Chemicals Inc Bay City Site; Equistar Chemicals Lp-Matagorda Facility. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant; Equistar Chemicals LP; Odom Industries Inc; Csl Behring. Other Celanese Corp sites in this extract: Fortron Industries LLC; Celanese Ltd Clear Lake Plant; Ticona Polymers Inc; Celanese Acetate LLC - Celco Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Vinyl acetate; Ethylene; n-Butyl alcohol; Acetaldehyde.
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 9 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 400.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant and Equistar Chemicals LP.
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
401K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant inside Matagorda's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant reports the 446th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 26.1% of every pound reported in Matagorda. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Vinyl acetate alone is 71.7% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 74.9% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Texas include Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant and Equistar Chemicals LP.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Matagorda's reported pounds (1.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant's total reported releases fell from 58.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 56.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant's air releases fell from 58.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 56.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
23% more than the comparison
47% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 400.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 23% (72.9K lbs to 56.2K lbs).
Celanese Ltd Bay City 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 Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 23% 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: Vinyl acetate.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 72.9K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 130.5K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 82.8K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 58.1K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 56.2K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Vinyl acetate | 287.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene | 72.8K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 16.6K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 12.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Butyraldehyde | 7.7K lbs | - |
| Propionaldehyde | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Isobutyraldehyde | 455 lbs | - |
| Acrolein | 3 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Oxea Corp Bay City Plant, Gulfmark Energy Inc, Chemicals Inc Bay City Site, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant, Equistar Chemicals LP, Odom Industries Inc.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant on cumulative reported pounds (400.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Aerospace Composites Center LLC, Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant, Central Plains Cement Co - Sugar Creek Plant. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. 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.
- Aerospace Composites Center LLC Hazelwood, MO · Transportation Equipment 400.9K lbs reported
- Orion Engineered Carbons-Ivanhoe Carbon Black Plant Franklin, LA · Chemicals 400.0K lbs reported
- Central Plains Cement Co - Sugar Creek Plant Sugar Creek, MO · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 399.6K lbs reported
- The Hillshire Brands Co Zeeland, MI · Food 399.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
Other Celanese Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Fortron Industries LLC, Celanese Ltd Clear Lake Plant, Ticona Polymers Inc.
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 Vinyl acetate, Ethylene, n-Butyl alcohol, Acetaldehyde; nearby reporters include Oxea Corp Bay City Plant. Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Vinyl acetate) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bay City, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 26.1% of Matagorda TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aerospace Composites Center LLC (Δ 293 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Vinyl acetate. 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