EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co
La Porte, TX · Parent: Dow Inc
- Total releases
- 368.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co: how the 368.4K lbs splits
368.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 358.6K lbs 97.3%
- Air Releases 9.8K lbs 2.7%
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co's 368.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Diisocyanates.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in La Porte, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 360.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 368.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,309 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_the Dow Chemical Co is pounds #242 and chemical-count #1156 at 368.4K 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: Johns Manville; Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC; Solvay Chemicals Inc; Ineos Battleground Manufacturing Complex. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Rust-Oleum Corp; Corteva Agriscience LLC; Alpek Polyester Mississippi Inc; Apg Polytech LLC. Other Dow Inc sites in this extract: The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations; The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline; Dow Sabine River Operations; St Charles Operations (taft/star) Union Carbide Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Chlorobenzene.
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.3% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 368.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rust-Oleum Corp and Corteva Agriscience LLC.
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
368K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co reports the 461st-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 97.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Rust-Oleum Corp and Corteva Agriscience LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co's pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 97.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co's total reported releases rose from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 360.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co's off-site transfers rose from 3 lb in 2022 to 358.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co's air releases fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 368.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 21765% (1.6K lbs to 360.8K lbs).
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 21765% 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 360.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 358.7K lbs | - |
| Chlorobenzene | 9.7K lbs | - |
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co on cumulative reported pounds (368.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Mg Waldbaum Co, Viant Collegeville LLC, US Army Blue Grass Army Depot. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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 Dow Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including The Dow Chemical Co - Louisiana Operations, The Dow Chemical Co - Beaumont Aniline, Dow Sabine River Operations.
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 Diisocyanates, Chlorobenzene; nearby reporters include Johns Manville. La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for La Porte, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.2% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mg Waldbaum Co (Δ 92 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
La Porte_the Dow Chemical Co stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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