TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Kuraray America INC Septon Bu

Total reported releases 123k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+30%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

11414 CHOATE RD, Pasadena, Texas · 325211 · Chemicals · operated by Kuraray Holdings USA INC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 123k.123k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24123k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Cyclohexane

Cyclohexane releases at Kuraray America INC Septon Bu rose from 13k lb to 29k lb (2.3×) between 2023 and 2024.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel compounds

75k lb · +9% YoY

Nickel compounds concentrations are up 20% since 2018.

GENERALCAS 110-82-7

Cyclohexane

29k lb · +127% YoY

Cyclohexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 100-42-5

Styrene

14k lb · +35% YoY

Styrene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 78-79-5

Isoprene

2k lb · +50% YoY

Isoprene concentrations are up 75% since 2011.

RESPIRATORYCAS 110-54-3

n-Hexane

2k lb · +1496% YoY

n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 106-99-0

1,3-Butadiene

1k lb · +3% YoY

1,3-Butadiene concentrations are up 16% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 67-56-1

Methanol

30 lb · +100% YoY

Methanol concentrations have fallen 39% since 2017.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (13 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 18,665. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
21.2%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
37.1%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
5.2%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
15.2%

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.