EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant
Pasadena, TX · Parent: Nissan Chemical America Corp
- Total releases
- 6.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant: how the 6.5K lbs splits
6.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.1K lbs 78.8%
- Off-site Transfers 1.4K lbs 21.2%
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant's 6.5K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 78.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 21.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pasadena, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 1.5K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 6.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,696 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. Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant is pounds #1031 and chemical-count #686 at 6.5K 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: Trecora Wax LLC; Lubrizol Corp Bayport Facility; Kuraray America Bayport; Evonik Active Oxygens LLC Bayport Plant. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Zschimmer & Schwarz; Fancyheat Corp; Arrmaz Products Inc.; Inliner Solutions LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Antimony compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Antimony And Antimony Compounds.
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (78.8% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Zschimmer & Schwarz and Fancyheat Corp.
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.5K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant: Methanol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant reports the 2,222nd-largest volume (6.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 68.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Zschimmer & Schwarz and Fancyheat Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 68.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 5% (1.6K lbs to 1.5K lbs).
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena 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 Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 5% 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 | 1.6K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 951 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 1.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 1.5K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 808 lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 648 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 434 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 149 lbs | - |
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant on cumulative reported pounds (6.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Allegheny Petroleum Products Co, Gateway Terminals LLC, Ametek Aegis. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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, Antimony compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Antimony And Antimony Compounds; nearby reporters include Trecora Wax LLC. Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pasadena, 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: Allegheny Petroleum Products Co (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nissan Chemical America Pasadena Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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