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.
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.
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
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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
- 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
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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.
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
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
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.
| 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.
Blanchard Refining Co LLC · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Blanchard Refining Co LLC
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Texas City Extraction Plant, Union Carbide Corp Texas City Plant, Air Products Industrial Gases LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Delaware City Refinery, Uss-Clairton Plant, Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery.
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.
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).
- Keystone Cement Co Bath, PA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 53 chemicals
- Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC Burns Harbor, IN · Primary Metals 54 chemicals
- Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC Logansport, IN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 55 chemicals
- Basin Electric Antelope Valley Station Beulah, ND · Electric Utilities 55 chemicals
Other Marathon Petroleum Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Marathon Petroleum Co LP, Marathon Mandan Refinery, Catlettsburg Refining LLC.
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.
Use and verify this record
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