Toxic Release Inventory data for 2024. 8 facilities reported releasing 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene.
| Facility | State | On-site (lb) |
|---|---|---|
| Basf Corp - Beaumont Beaumont | Texas | 54.0k |
| Elemental Environmental Solutions Llc Arkadelphia | Arkansas | 9.7k |
| Sun Chemical Corp Color Intermediates Cincinnati | Ohio | 1.5k |
| Interstate Chemical Co Inc Hermitage | Pennsylvania | 20 |
| Arichem Llc Ariton | Alabama | 10 |
| Westlake Us 2 Llc Westlake | Louisiana | 3 |
| Veolia Es Technical Solutions Llc Port Arthur Facility Beaumont | Texas | 2 |
| Westlake Vinyls Inc Calvert City | Kentucky | 0 |
The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) tracks how much of each listed chemical U.S. industrial facilities release into the environment each year. EPA requires facilities in certain industry sectors that manufacture, process, or otherwise use TRI-listed chemicals above threshold amounts to report annually. In 2024, 8 facilities reported releasing 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene to EPA's TRI program.
The primary release pathway is land disposal (58.0k lb), which includes landfills, surface impoundments, land treatment, and underground injection.
TRI data represents reported releases, not measured environmental concentrations. A facility reporting large releases of 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene is not necessarily causing harm at those levels — toxicity, exposure pathways, and local conditions all matter. Conversely, small reported amounts of highly toxic chemicals can pose greater risk than large amounts of less toxic ones. TRI is a transparency tool, not a risk assessment.
For health information about specific chemicals, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) publishes toxicological profiles, and EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) provides reference doses and cancer classifications.