EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant
Orange, TX · Parent: Orion Engineered Carbons LLC
- Total releases
- 382.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant: how the 382.3K lbs splits
382.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 382.1K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 213 lbs 0.1%
- Water Discharges 0 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant's 382.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. 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 TRACE-CARC
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Orange, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 56.7K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 382.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,259 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 Orange Plant is pounds #236 and chemical-count #376 at 382.3K 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: Conrad Orange Shipyard Inc.; Webco Industries Inc. Tx Dist. Div.; Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions Inc. - Orange; Mm - Orange Ready Mix. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Cytec Industries Inc; Ac Polymers Inc; Evonik Corp; Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. - E. Dubuque. Other Orion Engineered Carbons LLC sites in this extract: Orion Engineered Carbons Borger Plant; Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Carbon disulfide; Hydrogen cyanide; Carbonyl sulfide.
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 382.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cytec Industries Inc and Ac Polymers Inc.
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
382K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% 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 Orange Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant reports the 456th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.6% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Cytec Industries Inc and Ac Polymers Inc.
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 Orange Plant's total reported releases fell from 58.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 56.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant's off-site transfers fell from 33 lb in 2022 to 21 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant's air releases fell from 58.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 56.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 382.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 48% (109.9K lbs to 56.7K lbs).
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange 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 Orange Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 48% 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 | 109.9K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 78.8K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 78.7K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 58.2K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 56.7K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen sulfide | 225.1K lbs | - |
| Carbon disulfide | 60.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen cyanide | 48.9K lbs | - |
| Carbonyl sulfide | 40.9K lbs | - |
| Ethylene | 4.0K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 225 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 7 lbs | - |
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Conrad Orange Shipyard Inc., Webco Industries Inc. Tx Dist. Div., Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions Inc. - Orange, 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. Cytec Industries Inc, Ac Polymers Inc, Evonik Corp.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant on cumulative reported pounds (382.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Central Plains Cement Co, Mid-Continent Fractionation & Storage Conway Fra, Victaulic Co - Alburtis Facility. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- Central Plains Cement Co Tulsa, OK · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 381.9K lbs reported
- Mid-Continent Fractionation & Storage Conway Fra Mcpherson, KS · Natural Gas Processing 381.9K lbs reported
- Victaulic Co - Alburtis Facility Alburtis, PA · Primary Metals 381.7K lbs reported
- Keystone Foods LLC - Eufaula Plant Eufaula, AL · Food 383.0K lbs reported
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 Borger 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, Hydrogen cyanide, Carbonyl sulfide; nearby reporters include Conrad Orange Shipyard Inc.. Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Orange Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Orange, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 1.3% of Orange TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: American Electric Power Oklaunion Plant (Δ 81 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Orion Engineered Carbons Orange Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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