Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at Eastman Chemical CO Tennessee Operations have risen 61% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Eastman Chemical CO Tennessee Operations
Total reported releases 3.6M lb rose modestly year over year (+7%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 30% since 2010.
100 EASTMAN RD, Kingsport, Tennessee · 325211 · Chemicals · operated by Eastman Chemical Co
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Notable Signals
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) releases at Eastman Chemical CO Tennessee Operations rose from 66k lb to 116k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) releases at Eastman Chemical CO Tennessee Operations rose from 175k lb to 292k lb between 2023 and 2024.
0007440622
0007440622 releases at Eastman Chemical CO Tennessee Operations fell from 28k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 61% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have fallen 47% since 2010.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations are up 68% since 2010.
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have fallen 13% since 2010.
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone concentrations are up 25% since 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 96% since 2010.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have fallen 35% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (20 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 27,627. Why we surface this →
46.9%
Low-income
10.3%
People of color
4.9%
Under age 5
24.6%
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.