Sterling Specialty Chemicals LLC
Total reported releases 27k lb held roughly steady year over year (-1%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
9100 W 21ST ST, Sand Springs, Oklahoma · 325998 · Chemicals · operated by Artek US Holdings CORP
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Propylene oxide
Propylene oxide concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ethylene oxide
Ethylene oxide concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Maleic anhydride
Maleic anhydride concentrations are up 20% since 2023.
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether
Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether concentrations are up 38% since 2021.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (15 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 19,219. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.