EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Asahi Refining USA Inc
West Valley City, UT
- Total releases
- 969.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 12
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Asahi Refining USA Inc: how the 969.1K lbs splits
969.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 964.7K lbs 99.5%
- Air Releases 4.4K lbs 0.5%
Asahi Refining USA Inc's 969.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Asahi Refining USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in West Valley City, UT, in the primary metals sector. It reported 252.8K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 969.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,332 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Utah's 220 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Asahi Refining USA Inc is pounds #21 and chemical-count #16 at 969.1K lbs. Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant leads reported pounds (781.4M lbs) at 34 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Clean Harbors Aragonite LLC leads chemical count at 193 chemicals (13.3M lbs, pounds #6). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Honeywell International Inc; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Meadow Gold Dairy; Parker Hannifin Corp Eps Div; Henkel US Operation Corp. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Utah: Steel Dynamics Inc Flat Roll Group Columbus Div; Esco Group LLC; Lee Brass; Nucor Steel Marion Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Chlorine.
Asahi Refining USA Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.5% off-site transfers) across 12 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 969.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Steel Dynamics Inc Flat Roll Group Columbus Div and Esco Group LLC.
Asahi Refining USA Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
969K lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Asahi Refining USA Inc: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Asahi Refining USA Inc reports the 147th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 98.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Utah include Steel Dynamics Inc Flat Roll Group Columbus Div and Esco Group LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Asahi Refining USA Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 98.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Asahi Refining USA Inc's total reported releases rose from 135.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 252.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Asahi Refining USA Inc's off-site transfers rose from 134.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 251.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Asahi Refining USA Inc's air releases rose from 841 lb in 2022 to 899 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Asahi Refining USA Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Asahi Refining USA Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 969.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 16% (218.2K lbs to 252.8K lbs).
Asahi Refining USA Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Asahi Refining USA Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 16% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 218.2K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 218.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 144.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 135.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 252.8K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 949.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 12.2K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Silver And Silver Compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 882 lbs | - |
| Silver compounds | 319 lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 51 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 24 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 11 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Asahi Refining USA Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Compare beyond Utah
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Asahi Refining USA Inc on cumulative reported pounds (969.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (12). Release-pound peers include Day International Inc, Indiana Harbor Coke Co LP, Gulf Clean Energy Center. Chemical-count peers include Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd, Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc., Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex. 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).
- Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd Manati, PR · Chemicals 12 chemicals
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc. Penuelas, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
- Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex Aguirre, PR · Electric Utilities 12 chemicals
- Citgo Petroleum Corp Braintree, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Chlorine; nearby reporters include Honeywell International Inc. Asahi Refining USA Inc stamps MID 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 Asahi Refining USA Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Asahi Refining USA Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for West Valley City, UT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331410 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Salt Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Day International Inc (Δ 1.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Asahi Refining USA Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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