EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant

Wilmington, CA · Parent: Phillips 66

Total releases
1.4M lbs
Chemicals reported
32
Carcinogens
12
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant: how the 1.4M lbs splits

1.4M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 1.4M lbs 95.6%
  • Off-site Transfers 61.9K lbs 4.4%
  • Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant's 1.4M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 95.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 4.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen cyanide.

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.

HEAVY volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wilmington, CA, in the petroleum sector. It reported 285.6K lbs of releases across 28 chemicals in 2023, and 1.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,061 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 Wilmington Plant is pounds #18 and chemical-count #11 at 1.4M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Airgas USA LLC; Gs II Inc. (dba Certainteed); Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Marine Terminal; Ultramar Inc. Marine Terminal. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside California: Wynnewood Refining Co; Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing; Hf Sinclair Parco Refining LLC; Catlettsburg Refining LLC. Other Phillips 66 sites in this extract: Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery; Phillips 66 Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex; Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant; Phillips 66 Carbon Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen cyanide; Ammonia; Propylene; Zinc compounds.

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Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (95.6% air releases) across 32 chemicals · 12 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wynnewood Refining Co and Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing.

#1,061 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 4.1% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

1.4M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant in the Petroleum sector extract

Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant reports the 65th-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside California include Wynnewood Refining Co and Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing.

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

2022 → 2023
  • Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant's total reported releases rose from 270.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 285.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant's off-site transfers fell from 9.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant's chemicals reported fell from 31 in 2022 to 28 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant's air releases rose from 261.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 280.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant Form-R facts

Sector
Petroleum
HEAVY volume
1.4M lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CARC-LEAN chem count
32 · 12 carc.
Lead chemical
Hydrogen cyanide

Compare this facility

See how Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant
1.4M lbs
Airgas USA LLC
55.5K lbs

25.6× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant
32
Airgas USA LLC
1

32.0× more than the comparison

Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.

How does this facility release toxic chemicals?

How Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.4M lbs.

Air Releases 1.4M lbs (95.6%)
Off-site Transfers 61.9K lbs (4.4%)
Land Disposal 0 lbs (<0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 6% (304.4K lbs to 285.6K lbs).

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 6% 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: Hydrogen cyanide.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 304.4K lbs 29
2020 297.9K lbs 28
2021 260.4K lbs 29
2022 270.7K lbs 31
2023 285.6K lbs 28

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 12 of 32 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Hydrogen cyanide 750.0K lbs -
Ammonia 432.0K lbs -
Propylene 41.9K lbs -
Zinc compounds 29.1K lbs -
Xylene (mixed isomers) 22.9K lbs -
n-Hexane 22.0K lbs -
Carbon disulfide 18.3K lbs -
Toluene 18.0K lbs -
Methanol 12.9K lbs -
Carbonyl sulfide 11.0K lbs -
Hydrogen sulfide 10.3K lbs -
Vanadium compounds 10.0K lbs -
Ethylene 8.6K lbs -
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 5.7K lbs -
Ethylbenzene 5.2K lbs Carcinogen
Benzene 5.2K lbs Carcinogen
Cyclohexane 4.8K lbs -
Phenol 2.2K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 2.1K lbs -
Naphthalene 2.1K lbs Carcinogen
Tetrachloroethylene 1.7K lbs Carcinogen
1,3-Butadiene 1.4K lbs Carcinogen
Lead compounds 746 lbs -
Cumene 352 lbs Carcinogen
Styrene 182 lbs Carcinogen
Molybdenum trioxide 122 lbs Carcinogen
Nickel compounds 100 lbs Carcinogen
Mercury compounds 35 lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 7 lbs Carcinogen
Isoprene 6 lbs Carcinogen
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0 lbs -

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant · AIR-pathway site

Wilmington, CA
33.7785, -118.2887
County TRI context
Los Angeles · 3.2% of county pounds
Parent company
Phillips 66

Compare beyond California

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant on cumulative reported pounds (1.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (32). Release-pound peers include Valmont Composite Structures Newberry, Environmental Enterprises Inc, Dyno Nobel Inc. Chemical-count peers include Uss-Clairton Plant, Lubrizol Corp Painesvil Le Plant, Helena Industries LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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 Hydrogen cyanide, Ammonia, Propylene, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Airgas USA LLC. Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant stamps HEAVY 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.

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This Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen cyanide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wilmington, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 3.2% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Valmont Composite Structures Newberry (Δ 177 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen cyanide. 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