EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ppg Industries Inc Tx
Gainesville, TX · Parent: Ppg Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 12.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ppg Industries Inc Tx: how the 12.0K lbs splits
12.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.7K lbs 97.5%
- Air Releases 302 lbs 2.5%
- Water Discharges 1 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Ppg Industries Inc Tx's 12.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Ppg Industries Inc Tx is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gainesville, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.4K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 12.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,428 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. Ppg Industries Inc Tx is pounds #908 and chemical-count #489 at 12.0K 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: Molded Fiber Glass Companies/texas; Gainesville Steel Fabrication Line; Bmca Gainesville LLC; Texas Trailer Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Custom Pak Products LLC; Gcp Applied Technologies Inc; Rockwater Energy Solutions Inc; Nippon Carbide Industries. Other Ppg Industries Inc sites in this extract: Ppg Protective & Marine Coat Ings; Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex; Ppg Industries Inc Barberton; Ppg Brazil Liquid. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Triglycidyl isocyanurate; 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol.
Ppg Industries Inc Tx stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.5% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Custom Pak Products LLC and Gcp Applied Technologies Inc.
Ppg Industries Inc Tx vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12K lbs Top 36% higher than 64% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ppg Industries Inc Tx in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ppg Industries Inc Tx reports the 1,975th-largest volume (12.0K lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include Custom Pak Products LLC and Gcp Applied Technologies 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
- Ppg Industries Inc Tx's total reported releases rose from 164 lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppg Industries Inc Tx's air releases rose from 14 lb in 2022 to 211 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppg Industries Inc Tx's off-site transfers rose from 149 lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppg Industries Inc Tx's chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ppg Industries Inc Tx Form-R facts
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See how Ppg Industries Inc Tx stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
94% less than the comparison
7.0× more than the comparison
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 Ppg Industries Inc Tx releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 48% (4.7K lbs to 2.4K lbs).
Ppg Industries Inc Tx: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ppg Industries Inc Tx 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 4.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 129 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 164 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.4K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 5.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Triglycidyl isocyanurate | 2.2K lbs | - |
| 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 81 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 78 lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 75 lbs | - |
Ppg Industries Inc Tx · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ppg Industries Inc Tx
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Molded Fiber Glass Companies/texas, Gainesville Steel Fabrication Line, Bmca Gainesville LLC, 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. Custom Pak Products LLC, Gcp Applied Technologies Inc, Rockwater Energy Solutions Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ppg Industries Inc Tx on cumulative reported pounds (12.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Almond Products Inc., Thor Motor Coach Inc, Custom Pak Products LLC. 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 Ppg Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ppg Protective & Marine Coat Ings, Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex, Ppg Industries Inc Barberton.
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 Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds, Triglycidyl isocyanurate, 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol; nearby reporters include Molded Fiber Glass Companies/texas. Ppg Industries Inc Tx stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Ppg Industries Inc Tx TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ppg Industries Inc Tx totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gainesville, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325510 · Chemicals. 5.4% of Cooke TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Almond Products Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ppg Industries Inc Tx stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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