Orion Engineered Carbons Belpre Carbon Black Plant

Large load · 11135 State Route 7, Belpre, OH

Orion Engineered Carbons LLC owns and operates a carbon black manufacturing plant at 11135 State Route 7 in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio. The plant was built in 1968 by Ashland Chemical and Orion employs 65 people at the facility.

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The Ohio EPA record describes the nature of business as a manufacturer of carbon black. Belpre's two product types are used in tire treads or in inks, plastics and coatings. A thermal oxidizer, part of an air emissions control system, was installed at the Belpre plant in 2023.

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Ownership and history: EPA states that Orion owns and operates four carbon black manufacturing plants in Franklin, Louisiana, Belpre, Ohio, Orange and Borger, Texas. The Belpre plant was built in 1968 by Ashland Chemical, was under the DeGussa banner for many years, was acquired by Evonik in 2007 and Evonik spun Orion off in 2011. Orion employs 65 people at the facility.

Permits and environment: Ohio EPA's NPDES draft permit notice for 0IF00011 names Crooked Creek and the Ohio River as receiving streams. The federal Clean Air Act settlement requires facility-wide NOx and SO2 permit limits in tons per year at Belpre. The ICIS-AIR record carries identifier OH0000000684010049 with an AIR MAJOR classification.