EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant
Baytown, TX · Parent: Hexion Holdings Corp
- Total releases
- 39.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant: how the 39.0K lbs splits
39.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 39.0K lbs 100.0%
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant's 39.0K 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: Methanol.
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 AIR pathway CARC-MID
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Baytown, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 7.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 39.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,715 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. Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant is pounds #653 and chemical-count #1197 at 39.0K 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: Lsb Chemical L.L.C.; Covestro LLC; Lanxess Corp-Baytown; Delta Cedar Blvd. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Day-Glo Color Corp; U.S. Paint Corp; Seagate Terminals Savannah LLC; Reg Grays Harbor LLC. Other Hexion Holdings Corp sites in this extract: Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility; Hexion Inc; Hexion Inc. - Hope Plant; Hexion Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Formaldehyde.
Compare Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Lsb Chemical L.L.C. Baytown · 41.7K lbs
- Covestro LLC Baytown · 1.4M lbs
- Lanxess Corp-Baytown Baytown · 6.2K lbs
- Delta Cedar Blvd Baytown · 5 lbs
Similar-scale Chemicals sites elsewhere: Day-Glo Color Corp (OH) · U.S. Paint Corp (MO) · Seagate Terminals Savannah LLC (GA)
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 39.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Day-Glo Color Corp and U.S. Paint Corp.
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
39K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant: Methanol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant reports the 1,409th-largest volume (39.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 60.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Day-Glo Color Corp and U.S. Paint Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 60.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant's total reported releases rose from 7.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant's air releases rose from 7.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 39.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 7% (8.3K lbs to 7.8K lbs).
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 7.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 7.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 23.5K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 15.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Lsb Chemical L.L.C., Covestro LLC, Lanxess Corp-Baytown, 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. Day-Glo Color Corp, U.S. Paint Corp, Seagate Terminals Savannah LLC.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant on cumulative reported pounds (39.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Matep LLC, Sabre Corp, Skills Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Hexion Holdings Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hexion Inc-Fayetteville Facility, Hexion Inc, Hexion Inc. - Hope Plant.
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 Methanol, Formaldehyde; nearby reporters include Lsb Chemical L.L.C.. Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Baytown, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.5% of Chambers TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Matep LLC (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hexion Inc - Baytown Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Methanol. 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