Phenol
Phenol releases at Ticona Polymers INC rose from 20k lb to 41k lb (2.0×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Ticona Polymers INC
Total reported releases 262k lb fell modestly year over year (-14%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
5738 COUNTY RD 4, Bishop, Texas · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Celanese CORP
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde releases at Ticona Polymers INC fell from 132k lb to 43k lb (68% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde at Ticona Polymers INC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Methanol
Methanol at Ticona Polymers INC have more than halved since 2010 (through 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
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations have fallen 35% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Phenol
Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ethylene
Ethylene concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations have fallen 27% since 2018.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have fallen 39% since 2010.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have fallen 47% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 3,471. Why we surface this →
38.0%
Low-income
77.9%
People of color
4.1%
Under age 5
26.6%
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.