EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant
Carson, CA · Parent: Phillips 66
- Total releases
- 480.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 26
- Carcinogens
- 9
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant: how the 480.7K lbs splits
480.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 345.6K lbs 71.9%
- Off-site Transfers 135.1K lbs 28.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant's 480.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 71.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 28.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Carson, CA, in the petroleum sector. It reported 104.0K lbs of releases across 26 chemicals in 2023, and 480.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,001 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant is pounds #56 and chemical-count #14 at 480.7K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Air Products & Chemicals Inc.; Tesoro Los Angeles Refinery-Carson Operations; Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant; Olympus Terminals LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside California: Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-West Plant; Phillips 66 Co Billings Refinery; Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery; Valero Refining - Meraux LLC Meraux Refinery. Other Phillips 66 sites in this extract: Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery; Phillips 66 Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex; Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant; Phillips 66 Carbon Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Carbonyl sulfide; Methanol; Diethanolamine.
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (71.9% air releases) across 26 chemicals · 9 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 480.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-West Plant and Phillips 66 Co Billings Refinery.
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
481K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant reports the 108th-largest volume, placing it in the top 12% of its sector. Scale peers outside California include Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-West Plant and Phillips 66 Co Billings Refinery.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant's total reported releases fell from 107.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 104.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant's off-site transfers rose from 23.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 36.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant's air releases fell from 84.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 67.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant's chemicals reported rose from 24 in 2022 to 26 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 480.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 2% (106.3K lbs to 104.0K lbs).
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 2% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 106.3K lbs | 26 |
| 2020 | 72.0K lbs | 24 |
| 2021 | 91.3K lbs | 24 |
| 2022 | 107.1K lbs | 24 |
| 2023 | 104.0K lbs | 26 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 9 of 26 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 91.0K lbs | - |
| Carbonyl sulfide | 90.0K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 58.6K lbs | - |
| Diethanolamine | 56.9K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 53.4K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 29.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 26.4K lbs | - |
| Propylene | 17.7K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 11.8K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 10.3K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 7.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 6.4K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 6.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 3.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 1.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 1.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 613 lbs | - |
| 1,3-Butadiene | 349 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 209 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Styrene | 68 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury compounds | 40 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 18 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 9 lbs | - |
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in California - including Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Tesoro Los Angeles Refinery-Carson Operations, Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Citgo Refining & Chemicals Co Lp-West Plant, Phillips 66 Co Billings Refinery, Suncor Energy Commerce City Refinery.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant on cumulative reported pounds (480.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (26). Release-pound peers include Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc, Rexam Beverage Can Co Re: Phoenix Facility. Chemical-count peers include Conemaugh Generating Station, Saint Nicholas Cogeneration Project, Ergon West Virginia Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Halsey, OR · Paper 480.7K lbs reported
- Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc Bedford, VA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 479.9K lbs reported
- Rexam Beverage Can Co Re: Phoenix Facility Phoenix, AZ · Fabricated Metals 481.9K lbs reported
- Sivyer Steel Casting LLC Bettendorf, IA · Primary Metals 481.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Phillips 66 Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery, Phillips 66 Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex, Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Carbonyl sulfide, Methanol, Diethanolamine; nearby reporters include Air Products & Chemicals Inc.. Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Carson, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 1.1% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC (Δ 74 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov