Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Kuraray America-Eval Bu have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Kuraray America-Eval Bu
Total reported releases 616k lb more than doubled year over year (+131%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
11500 BAY AREA BLVD, Pasadena, Texas · 325211 · Chemicals · operated by Kuraray Holdings USA INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetate releases at Kuraray America-Eval Bu rose from 9k lb to 122k lb (13.7×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol
Methanol releases at Kuraray America-Eval Bu rose from 225k lb to 448k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Vinyl acetate
Vinyl acetate concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ethylene
Ethylene concentrations are up 34% since 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (12 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 19,087. Why we surface this →
21.5%
Low-income
39.3%
People of color
5.7%
Under age 5
14.5%
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.