Phenol
Phenol releases at Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant rose from 1k lb to 12k lb (9.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant
Total reported releases 44k lb rose sharply year over year (+36%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
170 RT 130 S, Bridgeport, New Jersey · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Polymer Additives INC
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Notable Signals
Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Phenol
Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Chloroethane
Chloroethane concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have fallen 24% since 2010.
Phthalic anhydride
Phthalic anhydride concentrations have fallen 42% since 2010.
Triethylamine
Triethylamine concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have fallen 33% since 2010.
Benzyl chloride
Benzyl chloride concentrations have fallen 49% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (6 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 6,008. Why we surface this →
14.2%
Low-income
15.5%
People of color
4.2%
Under age 5
14.1%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.