EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Airgas Usa, LLC
Hopewell, VA · Parent: Airgas Inc
- Total releases
- 2.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Airgas Usa, LLC: how the 2.3K lbs splits
2.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.3K lbs 100.0%
Airgas Usa, LLC's 2.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Airgas Usa, LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hopewell, VA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020. That ranks 12,588 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Airgas Usa, LLC is pounds #244 and chemical-count #356 at 2.3K lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Westrock Cp LLC; Associated Asphalt Hopewell LLC; Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp; Advansix Inc Hopewell Plant. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Virginia: Noramco Coventry LLC; Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute; Prime Leather Finishes Co; Stepan Co. Other Airgas Inc sites in this extract: Airgas Nitrous Oxide; Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp; Airgas Dry Ice; Airgas Specialty Products-Waxahachie Tx. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Airgas Usa, LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.3K lbs (2020–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Noramco Coventry LLC and Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute.
Airgas Usa, LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.3K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Airgas Usa, LLC: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Airgas Usa, LLC reports the 2,607th-largest volume (2.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Virginia include Noramco Coventry LLC and Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Airgas Usa, LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Airgas Usa, LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Airgas Usa, LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.3K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 2.3K lbs | - |
Airgas Usa, LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Airgas Usa, LLC
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Westrock Cp LLC, Associated Asphalt Hopewell LLC, Ashland Specialty Ingredients Gp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 433 other reporting facilities in Virginia.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Noramco Coventry LLC, Michigan State University Bioeconomy Institute, Prime Leather Finishes Co.
Compare beyond Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Airgas Usa, LLC on cumulative reported pounds (2.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include New Millennium Building Systems LLC, Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co., Fort George G Meade (range). Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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.
- New Millennium Building Systems LLC Fallon, NV · Fabricated Metals 2.3K lbs reported
- Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations Co. Humacao, PR · Computers and Electronic Products 2.3K lbs reported
- Fort George G Meade (range) Fort George G Meade, MD · Other 2.3K lbs reported
- Ips Vandolah Power Wauchula, FL · Electric Utilities 2.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Airgas Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Airgas Nitrous Oxide, Airgas Nitrous Oxide Corp, Airgas Dry Ice.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Westrock Cp LLC. Airgas Usa, LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Airgas Usa, LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Airgas Usa, LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hopewell, VA, latest year 2020. NAICS 325120 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Hopewell (city) TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: New Millennium Building Systems LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Airgas Usa, LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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