EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana
Baton Rouge, LA · Parent: Formosa Plastics Corp USA
- Total releases
- 848.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 10
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana: how the 848.3K lbs splits
848.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 848.3K lbs 100.0%
- Water Discharges 66 lbs <0.1%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana's 848.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chlorine.
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-MID
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Baton Rouge, LA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 175.4K lbs of releases across 21 chemicals in 2023, and 848.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,438 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Louisiana's 417 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana is pounds #79 and chemical-count #44 at 848.3K lbs. Bayer Cropscience LP leads reported pounds (81.9M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #52). Eco-Services Operations leads chemical count at 68 chemicals (163.5K lbs, pounds #136). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Albemarle Corp; Eco-Services Operations; Solvay USA LLC; Uop LLC Baton Rouge Plant. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Louisiana: Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant; Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site; Equistar Chemicals; Emd Performance Materials Corp. Other Formosa Plastics Corp USA sites in this extract: Formosa Plastics Corp Texas. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chlorine; 1,2-Dichloroethane; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vinyl chloride.
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 21 chemicals · 10 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 848.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant and Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site.
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
848K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana reports the 291st-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.4% of its sector. Scale peers outside Louisiana include Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant and Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site.
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
- Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana's total reported releases rose from 172.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 175.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana's air releases rose from 172.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 175.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 848.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 6% (166.1K lbs to 175.4K lbs).
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana: 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 Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana year-over-year reported totals (increased 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: Chlorine.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 166.1K lbs | 21 |
| 2020 | 162.3K lbs | 21 |
| 2021 | 172.3K lbs | 21 |
| 2022 | 172.4K lbs | 21 |
| 2023 | 175.4K lbs | 21 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 10 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 387.4K lbs | - |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 174.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 87.7K lbs | - |
| Vinyl chloride | 85.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acetophenone | 26.9K lbs | - |
| Chloroform | 13.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 11.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chloroethane | 10.9K lbs | - |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 8.5K lbs | - |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 7.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzene | 6.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chloroprene | 6.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylidene dichloride | 6.7K lbs | - |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | 6.6K lbs | - |
| Trichloroethylene | 4.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Propylene | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylene | 1.6K lbs | - |
| 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane | 95 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorobenzene | 33 lbs | - |
| Pentachloroethane | 28 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana
Closest other reporters in Louisiana - including Albemarle Corp, Eco-Services Operations, Solvay USA LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Louisiana - e.g. Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant, Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site, Equistar Chemicals.
Compare beyond Louisiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana on cumulative reported pounds (848.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant, Owensboro Municipal Utilities Elmer Smith Station, Sloan Valve Co. Chemical-count peers include Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant. 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.
- Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant Pasadena, TX · Chemicals 847.9K lbs reported
- Owensboro Municipal Utilities Elmer Smith Station Owensboro, KY · Electric Utilities 849.9K lbs reported
- Sloan Valve Co Augusta, AR · Primary Metals 850.2K lbs reported
- Lhoist Na of Alabama Llc-Montevallo Plant Calera, AL · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 850.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Formosa Plastics Corp USA Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Formosa Plastics Corp Texas.
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 Chlorine, 1,2-Dichloroethane, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Vinyl chloride; nearby reporters include Albemarle Corp. Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Chlorine) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Baton Rouge, LA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 3.6% of East Baton Rouge Parish TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ineos Oxide Bayport Eo Plant (Δ 468 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Formosa Plastics Corp Louisiana stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Chlorine. 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