Nouryon Functional Chemicals, LLC - Axis (LeMoyne) Plant
Large load · 13440 Highway 43 North, Axis, AL
Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC operates a chemical plant at 13440 Highway 43 North in Axis, Mobile County, Alabama. Its process areas are sulfuric acid, crystex, carbon disulfide, sodium hydrosulfide, monochloroacetic acid, and the sulfur chlorides units.
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Overview
The plant has six process areas: sulfuric acid, crystex, carbon disulfide, sodium hydrosulfide, monochloroacetic acid, and the sulfur chlorides units. The caustic/chlorine process has been discontinued and this portion of the plant has been dismantled.
Profile
- Ownership
- Nouryon currently owns the site property and manufactures chemicals at the site. EPA's 2023 greenhouse gas report records Nouryon Chemicals LLC as parent company.
- Permits and enforcement
- EPA's permit listing identifies the facility as a Title V major source. Under a 2019 Clean Air Act settlement, Nouryon Functional will pay $300,000 in civil penalties.
- Investment
- AkzoNobel's Specialty Chemicals business has completed a $10 million investment at its LeMoyne sulfur derivatives plant.
Facility
- Activity
- Sulfuric acid, crystex, carbon disulfide, sodium hydrosulfide, monochloroacetic acid and sulfur chlorides
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Permits and agreements
- Permit
- Title V major source