EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant
Borger, TX · Parent: Orion Engineered Carbons LLC
- Total releases
- 425.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant: how the 425.2K lbs splits
425.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 424.3K lbs 99.8%
- Off-site Transfers 903 lbs 0.2%
- Land Disposal 5 lbs <0.1%
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant's 425.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.
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.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Borger, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 28.5K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 425.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,156 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. Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant is pounds #225 and chemical-count #442 at 425.2K 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: Borger Carbon Black Plant; Rock Creek Gas Plant; Nutrien US LLC; Univar Solution USA Inc Borger. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Lenzing Fibers Inc; Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant; Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.); Denka Performance Elastomer LLC. Other Orion Engineered Carbons LLC sites in this extract: Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant; Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon disulfide; Carbonyl sulfide; Hydrogen cyanide.
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.8% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 425.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lenzing Fibers Inc and Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant.
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
425K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant reports the 436th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.1% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Lenzing Fibers Inc and Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant.
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
- Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant's total reported releases fell from 97.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 28.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant's air releases fell from 97.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 28.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant's off-site transfers rose from 193 lb in 2022 to 281 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant Form-R facts
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See how Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 425.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 76% (118.7K lbs to 28.5K lbs).
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 76% 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: Hydrogen sulfide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 118.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 85.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 95.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 97.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 28.5K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 240.7K lbs | - |
| Carbon disulfide | 86.0K lbs | - |
| Carbonyl sulfide | 59.0K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 24.2K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 14.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 901 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 22 lbs | - |
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Borger Carbon Black Plant, Rock Creek Gas Plant, Nutrien US LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Lenzing Fibers Inc, Ingevity South Carolina LLC Charleston Chemical Plant, Curia Missouri-Springfield (formerly Amri-Missouri Inc.).
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant on cumulative reported pounds (425.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa, Seh America Inc, Lenzing Fibers Inc. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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).
Other Orion Engineered Carbons LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant, Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre.
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 Hydrogen sulfide, Carbon disulfide, Carbonyl sulfide, Hydrogen cyanide; nearby reporters include Borger Carbon Black Plant. Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant stamps MID 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 Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Borger, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 1.9% of Hutchinson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Waterloo Iowa (Δ 82 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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