EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC
Norco, LA · Parent: Valero Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 3.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 40
- Carcinogens
- 12
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC: how the 3.4M lbs splits
3.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.8M lbs 81.6%
- Water Discharges 510.9K lbs 14.9%
- Off-site Transfers 116.9K lbs 3.4%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC's 3.4M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 81.6% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 14.9%. 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
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Norco, LA, in the petroleum sector. It reported 698.6K lbs of releases across 37 chemicals in 2023, and 3.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 576 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. Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC is pounds #37 and chemical-count #17 at 3.4M 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: Valero Partners la Llc- Terminal; Shell Norco Chemical Plant; Diamond Green Diesel LLC; Rain Cii Carbon LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Louisiana: Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC; Exxonmobil Oil Beaumont Refinery (part); Deer Park Refining LP; Paulsboro Refining Co LLC. Other Valero Energy Corp sites in this extract: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining-Texas LP; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen cyanide; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (81.6% air releases) across 40 chemicals · 12 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC and Exxonmobil Oil Beaumont Refinery (part).
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.4M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC reports the 30th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.3% of its sector. Scale peers outside Louisiana include Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC and Exxonmobil Oil Beaumont Refinery (part).
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
- Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC's total reported releases rose from 666.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 698.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC's water releases rose from 96.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 135.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC's off-site transfers fell from 16.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC's chemicals reported fell from 38 in 2022 to 37 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 30% (995.8K lbs to 698.6K lbs).
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 30% 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 995.8K lbs | 38 |
| 2020 | 366.5K lbs | 36 |
| 2021 | 692.8K lbs | 38 |
| 2022 | 666.1K lbs | 38 |
| 2023 | 698.6K lbs | 37 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 12 of 40 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC
Closest other reporters in Louisiana - including Valero Partners la Llc- Terminal, Shell Norco Chemical Plant, Diamond Green Diesel LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Louisiana - e.g. Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC, Exxonmobil Oil Beaumont Refinery (part), Deer Park Refining LP.
Compare beyond Louisiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC on cumulative reported pounds (3.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (40). Release-pound peers include Itafos Conda LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant, Smc Nye Mine Site. Chemical-count peers include Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC, Marathon Mandan Refinery, Hf Sinclair el Dorado Refining 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 Valero Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, Valero Refining-Texas LP, Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP.
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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Valero Partners la Llc- Terminal. Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen cyanide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Norco, LA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 3.4% of St. Charles Parish TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Itafos Conda LLC (Δ 1.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC 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