EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC
Houston, TX · Parent: Sasol (usa) Corp
- Total releases
- 6.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC: how the 6.2M lbs splits
6.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 6.1M lbs 98.9%
- Air Releases 60.2K lbs 1.0%
- Water Discharges 6.2K lbs 0.1%
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC's 6.2M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 98.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: 2,4-Dimethylphenol.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 41.1K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 6.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 342 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. Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC is pounds #38 and chemical-count #605 at 6.2M 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: Brenntag Southwest Inc; Arkema Inc; Gb Biosciences LLC; Reichhold LLC 2. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer LP; Kraton Corp; Indorama Ventures; Terra International (oklahoma) Llc.. Other Sasol (usa) Corp sites in this extract: Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex; Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC; Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC Oil City Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 2,4-Dimethylphenol; m-Cresol; p-Cresol; o-Cresol.
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (98.9% land disposal) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer LP and Kraton Corp.
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.2M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC reports the 66th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer LP and Kraton Corp.
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
- Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC's total reported releases rose from 40.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 41.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC's water releases fell from 795 lb in 2022 to 640 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC's land releases rose from 21.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC's air releases fell from 18.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 18.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC Form-R facts
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See how Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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75% less 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 Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 98% (2.4M lbs to 41.1K lbs).
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% 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: 2,4-Dimethylphenol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.4M lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 2.0M lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 1.7M lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 40.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 41.1K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 2,4-Dimethylphenol | 2.2M lbs | - |
| m-Cresol | 1.9M lbs | - |
| p-Cresol | 1.0M lbs | - |
| o-Cresol | 659.5K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 396.1K lbs | - |
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC · LAND-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC on cumulative reported pounds (6.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant, Nyrstar Coy-Mine, Exxonmobil Oil Corp Joliet Refinery. 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.
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 Sasol (usa) Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex, Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC, Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC Oil City 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 2,4-Dimethylphenol, m-Cresol, p-Cresol, o-Cresol; nearby reporters include Brenntag Southwest Inc. Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CLEAN · lead 2,4-Dimethylphenol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325194 · Chemicals. 2.8% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant (Δ 1.2K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sasol Chemicals (usa) LLC stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead 2,4-Dimethylphenol. 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