EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Verdesian Life Sciences
Pasco, WA
- Total releases
- 10.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Verdesian Life Sciences: how the 10.9K lbs splits
10.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 10.7K lbs 98.7%
- Off-site Transfers 141 lbs 1.3%
Verdesian Life Sciences's 10.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Verdesian Life Sciences is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pasco, WA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.3K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 10.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,643 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Verdesian Life Sciences is pounds #149 and chemical-count #47 at 10.9K lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Safety-Kleen Systems Pasco (pas); Simplot Frozen Vegetables LLC; Tesoro Logistics Pasco Terminal; Tidewater Terminal Co Snake River Terminal. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Washington: Inx International Ink Co.; Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar; Carlisle Polyurethane Systems; Geo Specialty Chemicals. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds; Manganese compounds.
Verdesian Life Sciences stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.7% air releases) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Inx International Ink Co. and Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar.
Verdesian Life Sciences vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Verdesian Life Sciences: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Verdesian Life Sciences reports the 2,021st-largest volume (10.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 96.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Inx International Ink Co. and Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Verdesian Life Sciences's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 96.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Verdesian Life Sciences Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Verdesian Life Sciences releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 13% (2.0K lbs to 2.3K lbs).
Verdesian Life Sciences: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Verdesian Life Sciences year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% 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 | 2.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 1.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 2.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 2.3K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 10.5K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 298 lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 78 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 29 lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 17 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Verdesian Life Sciences · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Verdesian Life Sciences
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Safety-Kleen Systems Pasco (pas), Simplot Frozen Vegetables LLC, Tesoro Logistics Pasco Terminal, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Inx International Ink Co., Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar, Carlisle Polyurethane Systems.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Verdesian Life Sciences on cumulative reported pounds (10.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Itt Goulds Pumps Inc., I C E Krome S P C, Amz Manufacturing. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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).
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, Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems Pasco (pas). Verdesian Life Sciences 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.
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This Verdesian Life Sciences TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Verdesian Life Sciences totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pasco, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325314 · Chemicals. 1.3% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Itt Goulds Pumps Inc. (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Verdesian Life Sciences 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