EPA TRI Facility · Chemical Wholesalers
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal
Taft, LA · Parent: Koch Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 55.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal: how the 55.0K lbs splits
55.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 55.0K lbs 100.0%
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal's 55.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Taft, LA, in the chemical wholesalers sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 55.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,914 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. Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal is pounds #187 and chemical-count #360 at 55.0K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Occidental Chemical Corp; Linde Gas & Equipment; St Charles Operations (taft/star) Union Carbide Corp; Arkema Coating Resins. Similar-scale Chemical Wholesalers peers outside Louisiana: Brenntag Southwest Inc Odessa; Brenntag Mid-South Inc.; Solvchem Inc. - Pearland Facility; Brainerd Chemical Midwest LLC. Other Koch Industries Inc sites in this extract: Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC; Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC; Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site; Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 55.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brenntag Southwest Inc Odessa and Brenntag Mid-South Inc..
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
55K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 530 Chemical Wholesalers facilities in this database, Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal reports the 41st-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Louisiana include Brenntag Southwest Inc Odessa and Brenntag Mid-South Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal's total reported releases fell from 4.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal's air releases fell from 4.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal Form-R facts
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See how Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
25.6× more than the comparison
80% less 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 Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 55.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 81% (8.9K lbs to 1.7K lbs).
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 81% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 34.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 4.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 4.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 55.0K lbs | - |
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal
Closest other reporters in Louisiana - including Occidental Chemical Corp, Linde Gas & Equipment, St Charles Operations (taft/star) Union Carbide Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 416 other reporting facilities in Louisiana.
Similar Chemical Wholesalers Facilities
Other Chemical Wholesalers facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Louisiana - e.g. Brenntag Southwest Inc Odessa, Brenntag Mid-South Inc., Solvchem Inc. - Pearland Facility.
Compare beyond Louisiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal on cumulative reported pounds (55.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Bluescope Buildings N.a. Inc., Gerber Products Co, Southern States Chemical Seapoint. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Koch Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC, Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC, Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Occidental Chemical Corp. Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Taft, LA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 424690 · Chemical Wholesalers. 0.1% of St. Charles Parish TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bluescope Buildings N.a. Inc. (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Koch Fertilizer LLC - Taft Terminal stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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