EuroChem Faces TSCA Lawsuit Over Alleged CDR Reporting Failures

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On December 15, 2025, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) filed suit against EuroChem, alleging that the fertilizer giant failed to report billions of pounds of chemicals imported into the US between 2016 to 2019.

EPA’s Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule, promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), requires that manufacturers and importers report all chemicals manufactured or imported in volumes of 25,000 pounds or more per site per year.  According to CEH, EuroChem failed to submit CDR reports by the 2021 reporting deadline for at least nine chemicals that allegedly exceeded this threshold during the 2016–19 reporting period.

The chemicals at issue include ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate, which CEH claims “cause respiratory irritation if inhaled and can lead to serious health problems with significant exposure,” according to a press release announcing the lawsuit.  Another chemical, monoammonium phosphate, was allegedly imported in quantities of over 45 billion pounds in 2018 alone.

“Eurochem’s failure to report these imports undermines EPA’s efforts under TSCA to evaluate and address chemical risks,” the complaint reads.  “It also prevents the public from tracking the movement of unsafe chemicals in commerce as well as monitoring their presence in communities”

The lawsuit is the latest in a series of actions brought by CEH, which systematically cross-references publicly available import data with CDR submissions to identify potential violations.  According to the press release, CEH has settled with fourteen companies to date over their CDR omissions.

Chemium Settlement

In the press release, CEH also notes that it recently reached a settlement with Chemium International Corporation, a Texas-based chemical supplier, for similar alleged CDR violations.  According to CEH, Chemium submitted CDR reports to EPA for eight chemicals imported between 2016 and 2019 and agreed to conduct an internal audit.

A post discussing another recent CEH CDR settlement, with Wego Chemical Group, can be found here.