EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Degesch America Inc
Weyers Cave, VA
- Total releases
- 634 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Degesch America Inc: how the 634 lbs splits
634 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 634 lbs 100.0%
Degesch America Inc's 634 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.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Degesch America Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Weyers Cave, VA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 38 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 634 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,478 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. Degesch America Inc is pounds #283 and chemical-count #178 at 634 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cerro Fabricated Products LLC; Wwf Operating Co LLC; Grottoes Plastics Plant; Ball Advanced Aluminum Technologies Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Virginia: Qc LLC; Coventya Inc; Pioneer Americas LLC D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products; Eto Sterilization. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Phosphine; Aluminum phosphide.
Degesch America Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 634 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Qc LLC and Coventya Inc.
Degesch America Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
634 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Degesch America Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Degesch America Inc reports the 2,931st-largest volume (634 lbs). Scale peers outside Virginia include Qc LLC and Coventya 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
- Degesch America Inc's total reported releases fell from 51 lb in 2022 to 38 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Degesch America Inc's air releases fell from 51 lb in 2022 to 38 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Degesch America Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Degesch America Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 634 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 87% (281 lbs to 38 lbs).
Degesch America Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Degesch America Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 87% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 281 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 153 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 111 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 51 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 38 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 339 lbs | - |
| Phosphine | 295 lbs | - |
| Aluminum phosphide | 0 lbs | - |
Degesch America Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Degesch America Inc
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Cerro Fabricated Products LLC, Wwf Operating Co LLC, Grottoes Plastics Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Qc LLC, Coventya Inc, Pioneer Americas LLC D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products.
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, Phosphine, Aluminum phosphide; nearby reporters include Cerro Fabricated Products LLC. Degesch America Inc stamps TRACE 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 Degesch America Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Degesch America Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Weyers Cave, VA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325320 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Augusta TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: East Alabama Lumber Co Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Degesch America Inc stamps TRACE 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