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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.

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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.

#2,213 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 8.5% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

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

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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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

2022 → 2023
  • 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

Sector
Chemicals
MID volume
400.6K lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CARC-HEAVY chem count
9 · 3 carc.
Lead chemical
Vinyl acetate

Compare this facility

See how Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant
400.6K lbs
Oxea Corp Bay City Plant
324.6K lbs

23% more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Celanese Ltd Bay City Plant
9
Oxea Corp Bay City Plant
17

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.

Air Releases 400.6K lbs (100.0%)
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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

million lbs

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.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
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

Bay City, TX
28.8683, -96.0118
County TRI context
Matagorda · 26.1% of county pounds
Parent company
Celanese Corp

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.

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.

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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