EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Covestro LLC
Baytown, TX · Parent: Covestro LLC
- Total releases
- 1.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 50
- Carcinogens
- 24
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Covestro LLC: how the 1.4M lbs splits
1.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 1.2M lbs 85.8%
- Air Releases 190.6K lbs 13.5%
- Off-site Transfers 8.5K lbs 0.6%
Covestro LLC's 1.4M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 85.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 13.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CARC-LEAN
Covestro LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Baytown, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 281.0K lbs of releases across 48 chemicals in 2023, and 1.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,066 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. Covestro LLC is pounds #116 and chemical-count #15 at 1.4M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lanxess Corp-Baytown; Lsb Chemical L.L.C.; Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant; Delta Cedar Blvd. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: The Dow Chemical Co; Honeywell International Colonial Heights Plant; Dyno Nobel Inc; Ambiopharm Inc.. Other Covestro LLC sites in this extract: Covestro; Covestro LLC; Covestro Llc.; Covestro LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Styrene; Chlorobenzene.
Covestro LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (85.8% water discharges) across 50 chemicals · 24 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include The Dow Chemical Co and Honeywell International Colonial Heights Plant.
Covestro LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.4M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Covestro LLC: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Covestro LLC reports the 216th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 82.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include The Dow Chemical Co and Honeywell International Colonial Heights Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Covestro LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 82.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Covestro LLC's total reported releases rose from 218.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 281.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Covestro LLC's off-site transfers rose from 111 lb in 2022 to 348 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Covestro LLC's water releases rose from 173.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 246.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Covestro LLC's air releases fell from 44.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Covestro LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Covestro LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 43% (491.5K lbs to 281.0K lbs).
Covestro LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Covestro LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 43% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 491.5K lbs | 45 |
| 2020 | 238.1K lbs | 44 |
| 2021 | 178.2K lbs | 48 |
| 2022 | 218.0K lbs | 48 |
| 2023 | 281.0K lbs | 48 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 24 of 50 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Covestro LLC · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Covestro LLC
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Lanxess Corp-Baytown, Lsb Chemical L.L.C., Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. The Dow Chemical Co, Honeywell International Colonial Heights Plant, Dyno Nobel Inc.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Covestro LLC on cumulative reported pounds (1.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (50). Release-pound peers include Cooper Power Systems LLC, Valley Energy Center, Charter Next Generation - Lexington. Chemical-count peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., Chemical Waste Management - la Ke Charles Facility, Westlake Vinyls 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.
- Cooper Power Systems LLC Olean, NY · Electrical Equipment 1.4M lbs reported
- Valley Energy Center Middletown, NY · Electric Utilities 1.4M lbs reported
- Charter Next Generation - Lexington Mansfield, OH · Plastics and Rubber 1.4M lbs reported
- Composite Technology Assemblies LLC Plymouth, IN · Plastics and Rubber 1.4M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Covestro LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Covestro, Covestro LLC, Covestro Llc..
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia, Styrene, Chlorobenzene; nearby reporters include Lanxess Corp-Baytown. Covestro LLC stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Covestro LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Covestro LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Baytown, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 17.2% of Chambers TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cooper Power Systems LLC (Δ 1.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Covestro LLC stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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