EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum

Blanchard Refining Co LLC

Texas City, TX · Parent: Marathon Petroleum Corp

Total releases
23.5M lbs
Chemicals reported
53
Carcinogens
14
Primary pathway
Land Disposal

LAND Form-R mix

Blanchard Refining Co LLC: how the 23.5M lbs splits

23.5M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Land Disposal 16.7M lbs 71.4%
  • Air Releases 4.9M lbs 21.1%
  • Water Discharges 1.7M lbs 7.5%
  • Off-site Transfers 24.8K lbs 0.1%

Blanchard Refining Co LLC's 23.5M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 71.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 21.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide.

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 LAND pathway CARC-LEAN

Blanchard Refining Co LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Texas City, TX, in the petroleum sector. It reported 6.8M lbs of releases across 43 chemicals in 2023, and 23.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 80 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Blanchard Refining Co LLC is pounds #7 and chemical-count #11 at 23.5M lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Texas City Extraction Plant; Union Carbide Corp Texas City Plant; Air Products Industrial Gases LLC; Linde Inc Texas City Smr. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Texas: Delaware City Refinery; Uss-Clairton Plant; Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.. Other Marathon Petroleum Corp sites in this extract: Marathon Petroleum Co LP; Marathon Mandan Refinery; Catlettsburg Refining LLC; Blacks Fork Gas Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen cyanide.

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Blanchard Refining Co LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (71.4% land disposal) across 53 chemicals · 14 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 23.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Delaware City Refinery and Uss-Clairton Plant.

#80 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 0.3% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Blanchard Refining Co LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility

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

23M lbs Top 1% higher than 100% 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

Blanchard Refining Co LLC inside Galveston's TRI pounds

Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Blanchard Refining Co LLC reports the 2nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 49.8% of every pound reported in Galveston. Scale peers outside Texas include Delaware City Refinery and Uss-Clairton Plant.

County-dominant here means ≥25% of Galveston's reported pounds (47.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Blanchard Refining Co LLC's total reported releases rose from 4.7 million lb in 2022 to 6.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Blanchard Refining Co LLC's land releases rose from 3.3 million lb in 2022 to 5.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Blanchard Refining Co LLC's off-site transfers fell from 9.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Blanchard Refining Co LLC's air releases fell from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Blanchard Refining Co LLC Form-R facts

Sector
Petroleum
HEAVY volume
23.5M lbs
LAND pathway
Land Disposal
CARC-LEAN chem count
53 · 14 carc.
Lead chemical
Hydrogen sulfide

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Total reported releases
Blanchard Refining Co LLC
23.5M lbs
Texas City Extraction Plant
7.3K lbs

3197.9× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Blanchard Refining Co LLC
53
Texas City Extraction Plant
7

7.6× 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 Blanchard Refining Co LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 23.5M lbs.

Land Disposal 16.7M lbs (71.4%)
Air Releases 4.9M lbs (21.1%)
Water Discharges 1.7M lbs (7.5%)
Off-site Transfers 24.8K lbs (0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 75% (3.9M lbs to 6.8M lbs).

Blanchard Refining Co LLC: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Blanchard Refining Co LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 75% 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 sulfide.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 3.9M lbs 40
2020 4.2M lbs 40
2021 3.9M lbs 43
2022 4.7M lbs 40
2023 6.8M lbs 43

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 14 of 53 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Hydrogen sulfide 10.2M lbs -
Ammonia 6.5M lbs -
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 1.8M lbs -
Hydrogen cyanide 966.0K lbs -
n-Hexane 672.7K lbs -
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 622.1K lbs -
Toluene 508.1K lbs -
Benzene 503.5K lbs Carcinogen
Phenol 297.4K lbs -
Xylene (mixed isomers) 260.3K lbs -
Propylene 256.0K lbs -
Cresol (mixed isomers) 172.2K lbs -
Cyclohexane 165.3K lbs -
Ethylene 106.8K lbs -
Ethylbenzene 95.0K lbs Carcinogen
Formaldehyde 85.7K lbs Carcinogen
Naphthalene 51.8K lbs Carcinogen
Carbonyl sulfide 34.5K lbs -
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 30.6K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 26.8K lbs -
Cumene 26.2K lbs Carcinogen
1,3-Butadiene 12.6K lbs Carcinogen
Cobalt compounds 9.7K lbs Carcinogen
Methanol 8.9K lbs -
Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds 6.8K lbs Carcinogen
Nickel compounds 3.8K lbs Carcinogen
Vanadium compounds 3.7K lbs -
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 3.0K lbs Carcinogen
Lead compounds 1.6K lbs -
Manganese compounds 981 lbs -
Phenanthrene 722 lbs -
Carbon disulfide 717 lbs -
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 659 lbs -
Copper compounds 655 lbs -
Mercury compounds 436 lbs -
Hydrogen fluoride 370 lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 313 lbs Carcinogen
Lead And Lead Compounds 307 lbs -
Manganese And Manganese Compounds 260 lbs -
Tetrachloroethylene 206 lbs Carcinogen
Anthracene 179 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 89 lbs -
Copper And Copper Compounds 89 lbs -
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 16 lbs -
Molybdenum trioxide 5 lbs Carcinogen
Ethylene glycol 2 lbs -
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Hydroquinone 0 lbs -
Diethanolamine 0 lbs -
Biphenyl 0 lbs -
1-Propanesulfonic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-[[1-oxo-3-[(γ-ω-perfluoro-C4-16-alkyl)thio]propyl]amino] derivs., sodium salts 0 lbs -
1-Propanaminium, 2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, 3-[(γ-ω-perfluoro-C6-20-alkyl)thio] derivs., chlorides 0 lbs -
Thiols, C8-20, γ-ω-perfluoro, telomers with acrylamide 0 lbs -

Blanchard Refining Co LLC · LAND-pathway site

Texas City, TX
29.3791, -94.9291
County TRI context
Galveston · 49.8% of county pounds
Parent company
Marathon Petroleum Corp

Compare beyond Texas

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Blanchard Refining Co LLC on cumulative reported pounds (23.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (53). Release-pound peers include International Paper Co - Mansfield Mill, Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC, Alabama River Cellulose LLC. Chemical-count peers include Keystone Cement Co, Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC, Heidelberg Materials US Cement 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 sulfide, Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen cyanide; nearby reporters include Texas City Extraction Plant. Blanchard Refining Co LLC stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 Blanchard Refining Co LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Blanchard Refining Co LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Texas City, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 49.8% of Galveston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: International Paper Co - Mansfield Mill (Δ 324.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Blanchard Refining Co LLC stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Hydrogen sulfide. 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