EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Geo Specialty Chemicals
Deer Park, TX · Parent: Geo Specialty Chemicals Inc
- Total releases
- 10.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Geo Specialty Chemicals: how the 10.8K lbs splits
10.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 10.5K lbs 96.9%
- Air Releases 200 lbs 1.8%
- Water Discharges 139 lbs 1.3%
Geo Specialty Chemicals's 10.8K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 96.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
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.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN
Geo Specialty Chemicals is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Deer Park, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 25 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 10.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,655 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. Geo Specialty Chemicals is pounds #932 and chemical-count #814 at 10.8K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte; La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co; Johns Manville; Braskem America Inc-Laporte Site. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Uniform Color Co; Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar; Corixa Corp D/b/a Glaxosmithkline Vaccines - Hamilton; Taiyo America Inc. Other Geo Specialty Chemicals Inc sites in this extract: Geo Specialty Chemicals Trimet Products Group. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Hydrogen cyanide; Naphthalene.
Geo Specialty Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (96.9% land disposal) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Uniform Color Co and Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar.
Geo Specialty Chemicals vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Geo Specialty Chemicals: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Geo Specialty Chemicals reports the 2,023rd-largest volume (10.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 98.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Uniform Color Co and Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Geo Specialty Chemicals's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 98.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Geo Specialty Chemicals Form-R facts
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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 Geo Specialty Chemicals releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (5.5K lbs to 25 lbs).
Geo Specialty Chemicals: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Geo Specialty Chemicals year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 5.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 183 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 25 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 25 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 10.7K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 152 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 0 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Geo Specialty Chemicals · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Geo Specialty Chemicals
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte, La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co, Johns Manville, 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. Uniform Color Co, Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar, Corixa Corp D/b/a Glaxosmithkline Vaccines - Hamilton.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Geo Specialty Chemicals on cumulative reported pounds (10.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Shelter Works, Uniform Color Co, Southern Graphic Systems LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Geo Specialty Chemicals Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Geo Specialty Chemicals Trimet Products Group.
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 Ammonia, Formaldehyde, Hydrogen cyanide, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Songwon International Americas Inc. - la Porte. Geo Specialty Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume · LAND 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 Geo Specialty Chemicals TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Geo Specialty Chemicals totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Deer Park, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Shelter Works (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Geo Specialty Chemicals stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ammonia. 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