EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals

Dow Sabine River Operations

Orange, TX · Parent: Dow Inc

Total releases
4.0M lbs
Chemicals reported
36
Carcinogens
14
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

Dow Sabine River Operations: how the 4.0M lbs splits

4.0M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 3.9M lbs 95.4%
  • Off-site Transfers 167.5K lbs 4.1%
  • Water Discharges 17.4K lbs 0.4%
  • Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%

Dow Sabine River Operations's 4.0M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 95.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 4.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene.

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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN

Dow Sabine River Operations is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Orange, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 771.7K lbs of releases across 24 chemicals in 2023, and 4.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 506 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. Dow Sabine River Operations is pounds #55 and chemical-count #36 at 4.0M 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: Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site; Arcwood Environmental - Orange LLC; Honeywell International Inc; Solvay Specialty Polymers USA LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Nucera Solutions LLC; Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC; Lsb Chemical L.l.c; Energizer Holdings Inc. Other Dow Inc sites in this extract: The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations; The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline; St Charles Operations (taft/star) Union Carbide Corp; Dow Silicones Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene; Vinyl acetate; Butyl acrylate; Propylene.

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Dow Sabine River Operations stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (95.4% air releases) across 36 chemicals · 14 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nucera Solutions LLC and Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC.

#506 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 1.9% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Dow Sabine River Operations vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

4.0M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Dow Sabine River Operations in the Chemicals sector extract

Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Dow Sabine River Operations reports the 95th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.4% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Nucera Solutions LLC and Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC.

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

2022 → 2023
  • Dow Sabine River Operations's total reported releases fell from 986.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 771.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Dow Sabine River Operations's off-site transfers rose from 6.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Dow Sabine River Operations's water releases fell from 3.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Dow Sabine River Operations's air releases fell from 976.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 753.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Dow Sabine River Operations Form-R facts

Sector
Chemicals
HEAVY volume
4.0M lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CARC-LEAN chem count
36 · 14 carc.
Lead chemical
Ethylene

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Total reported releases
Dow Sabine River Operations
4.0M lbs
Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site
9.1M lbs

56% less than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Dow Sabine River Operations
36
Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site
18

2.0× more 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 Dow Sabine River Operations releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.0M lbs.

Air Releases 3.9M lbs (95.4%)
Off-site Transfers 167.5K lbs (4.1%)
Water Discharges 17.4K lbs (0.4%)
Land Disposal 0 lbs (<0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 23% (997.4K lbs to 771.7K lbs).

Dow Sabine River Operations: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Dow Sabine River Operations 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: Ethylene.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 997.4K lbs 35
2020 612.3K lbs 22
2021 674.8K lbs 22
2022 986.4K lbs 23
2023 771.7K lbs 24

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 14 of 36 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Ethylene 2.4M lbs -
Vinyl acetate 444.0K lbs Carcinogen
Butyl acrylate 280.7K lbs -
Propylene 215.7K lbs -
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 132.4K lbs Carcinogen
Methanol 106.3K lbs -
Benzene 83.0K lbs Carcinogen
Ammonia 72.9K lbs -
Formaldehyde 70.5K lbs Carcinogen
Methyl acrylate 66.1K lbs Carcinogen
Hydrogen sulfide 53.2K lbs -
Acrylic acid 46.3K lbs -
Toluene 25.9K lbs -
Zinc compounds 25.1K lbs -
1,3-Butadiene 24.4K lbs Carcinogen
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 11.9K lbs Carcinogen
Chlorine 7.6K lbs -
Acetaldehyde 7.0K lbs Carcinogen
Naphthalene 4.5K lbs Carcinogen
Ethylbenzene 4.3K lbs Carcinogen
Dicyclopentadiene 1.9K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 1.4K lbs -
Isoprene 934 lbs Carcinogen
Styrene 693 lbs Carcinogen
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 138 lbs -
Cyclohexane 119 lbs -
Ethyl acrylate 40 lbs Carcinogen
Cyanide compounds 27 lbs -
Cresol (mixed isomers) 9 lbs -
Dimethyl phthalate 5 lbs -
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Hydrogen cyanide 0 lbs -
Nitric acid 0 lbs -
1,3-Phenylenediamine 0 lbs -
N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 lbs -
Maleic anhydride 0 lbs -

Dow Sabine River Operations · AIR-pathway site

Orange, TX
30.0392, -93.7448
County TRI context
Orange · 13.5% of county pounds
Parent company
Dow Inc

Compare beyond Texas

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dow Sabine River Operations on cumulative reported pounds (4.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (36). Release-pound peers include Nucor Steel Jackson Inc, Jerritt Canyon Mine, American Electric Power John W. Turk Jr Plant. Chemical-count peers include Uss Gary Works, Evonik Corp Tippecanoe Laboratories, Hf Sinclair Parco Refining LLC. 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 Ethylene, Vinyl acetate, Butyl acrylate, Propylene; nearby reporters include Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site. Dow Sabine River Operations stamps HEAVY volume · AIR 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 Dow Sabine River Operations TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Dow Sabine River Operations totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Orange, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325110 · Chemicals. 13.5% of Orange TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nucor Steel Jackson Inc (Δ 6.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Dow Sabine River Operations stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene. 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