EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant
North Chesterfield, VA · Parent: Dupont de Nemours Inc
- Total releases
- 3.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 13
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant: how the 3.5M lbs splits
3.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.6M lbs 45.0%
- Air Releases 1.4M lbs 40.0%
- Water Discharges 527.4K lbs 14.9%
- Land Disposal 1.2K lbs <0.1%
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant's 3.5M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 45.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 40.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in North Chesterfield, VA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 315.9K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2024, and 3.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 602 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. Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant is pounds #11 and chemical-count #12 at 3.2M 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: Mylar Specialty Films Spruance; Spruance Genco LLC; US Defense Logistics Agency Defense Supply Center Richmond; Upaco Adhesives Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Virginia: Koch Fertilizer Beatrice,llc; Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility; Ashland Specialty Ingredients (parlin Plant); St Charles Operations (taft/star) Union Carbide Corp. Other Dupont de Nemours Inc sites in this extract: Dupont Pontchartrain Works; Filmtec Corp; Dupont Yerkes Plant; Dupont Circleville Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11); Toluene; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in North Chesterfield, VA: 3.2M lbs across 13 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 45.0%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Koch Fertilizer Beatrice,llc and Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility.
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.2M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant inside Chesterfield's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant reports the 113th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 34.7% of every pound reported in Chesterfield. Scale peers outside Virginia include Koch Fertilizer Beatrice,llc and Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Chesterfield's reported pounds (9.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant's total reported releases fell from 585.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 539.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant's air releases fell from 237.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 177.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant's chemicals reported fell from 12 in 2022 to 9 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant's water releases rose from 68.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 77.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 52% (662.4K lbs to 315.9K lbs).
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024 0
What this shows Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% from 2019 to 2024). 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: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 662.4K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 656.3K lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 775.4K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 585.0K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 539.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2024 | 315.9K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 3 of 13 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 1.8M lbs | - |
| Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11) | 643.4K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 272.7K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 259.0K lbs | - |
| Dimethylamine | 249.4K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 194.9K lbs | - |
| Chloroform | 46.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 24.2K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel | 320 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 87 lbs | - |
| 1,3-Phenylenediamine | 0 lbs | - |
| p-Phenylenediamine | 0 lbs | - |
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant in Chesterfield
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Mylar Specialty Films Spruance, Spruance Genco LLC, US Defense Logistics Agency Defense Supply Center Richmond, 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. Koch Fertilizer Beatrice,llc, Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility, Ashland Specialty Ingredients (parlin Plant).
Compare beyond Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant on cumulative reported pounds (3.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (13). Release-pound peers include Amalgamated Sugar Co Nampa, Onsemi, Koch Fertilizer Beatrice,llc. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal, Global Companies LLC, Shell Providence Terminal. 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Guaynabo 2 Terminal Guaynabo, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Global Companies LLC Revere, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Shell Providence Terminal Providence, RI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 13 chemicals
- Sig Sauer Inc Newington, NH · Fabricated Metals 13 chemicals
Other Dupont de Nemours Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dupont Pontchartrain Works, Filmtec Corp, Dupont Yerkes 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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11), Toluene, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Mylar Specialty Films Spruance. Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for North Chesterfield, VA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 325220 · Chemicals. 34.7% of Chesterfield TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Amalgamated Sugar Co Nampa (Δ 3.4K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dupont Specialty Products USA LLC - Spruance Plant stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 45.0%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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