EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
La Porte Syngas Plant
La Porte, TX · Parent: Lyondellbasell Industries
- Total releases
- 269.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
La Porte Syngas Plant: how the 269.9K lbs splits
269.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 217.8K lbs 80.7%
- Air Releases 52.2K lbs 19.3%
La Porte Syngas Plant's 269.9K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 80.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
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 WATER pathway TRACE-CARC
La Porte Syngas Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in La Porte, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 181.7K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2020, and 269.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 2,751 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. La Porte Syngas Plant is pounds #291 and chemical-count #262 at 269.9K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: La Porte Methanol Plant; South Coast Terminals LLC Strang Road Facility; Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte; Greif Packaging LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Jlok Corp; Materion Advanced Chemicals; Henkel US Operations Corp; Molding Products LLC. Other Lyondellbasell Industries sites in this extract: Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility; Equistar Chemicals LP; Equistar Chemicals LP - Tuscola Plant; Equistar Chemicals LP Chocolate Bayou Polymers Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Propylene; n-Hexane; Ammonia.
La Porte Syngas Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (80.7% water discharges) across 10 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 269.9K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jlok Corp and Materion Advanced Chemicals.
La Porte Syngas Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
270K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
La Porte Syngas Plant: Methanol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, La Porte Syngas Plant reports the 541st-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 93.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Jlok Corp and Materion Advanced Chemicals.
Concentrated means ≥60% of La Porte Syngas Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 93.9%. Not a toxicity score.
La Porte Syngas Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How La Porte Syngas Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 269.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases increased by 106% (88.2K lbs to 181.7K lbs).
La Porte Syngas Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows La Porte Syngas Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 106% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 88.2K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 181.7K lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). 1 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 253.4K lbs | - |
| Propylene | 5.1K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 4.0K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Ethylene | 1.3K lbs | - |
| 1,3-Butadiene | 217 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 155 lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 14 lbs | - |
| sec-Butyl alcohol | 10 lbs | - |
La Porte Syngas Plant · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to La Porte Syngas Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including La Porte Methanol Plant, South Coast Terminals LLC Strang Road Facility, Mitsubishi Chemical la Porte, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Jlok Corp, Materion Advanced Chemicals, Henkel US Operations Corp.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest La Porte Syngas Plant on cumulative reported pounds (269.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Global Composites Inc Plant 1 & 2, Jlok Corp, U.S. Doj Fbi Training Academy. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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 Lyondellbasell Industries Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lyondell Chemical Co Bayport Facility, Equistar Chemicals LP, Equistar Chemicals LP - Tuscola Plant.
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 Methanol, Propylene, n-Hexane, Ammonia; nearby reporters include La Porte Methanol Plant. La Porte Syngas Plant stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 La Porte Syngas Plant TRI extract (MID · WATER · TRACE-CARC · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
La Porte Syngas Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for La Porte, TX, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 325120 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Global Composites Inc Plant 1 & 2 (Δ 94 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
La Porte Syngas Plant stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Methanol. 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