EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant
Deer Park, TX · Parent: Occidental Petroleum Corp
- Total releases
- 172.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 26
- Carcinogens
- 15
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant: how the 172.4K lbs splits
172.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 172.4K lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 9 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant's 172.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
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 AIR pathway CARC-MID
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Deer Park, TX, in the chemicals sector. It reported 20.7K lbs of releases across 26 chemicals in 2023, and 172.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,504 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. Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant is pounds #357 and chemical-count #68 at 172.4K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Deer Park Refining LP; Shell Chemical LP; Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site; Lubrizol Corp Deer Park Facility. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Texas: Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant; Albemarle U.S. Inc.; Mallard Creek Polymers; Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-South Pierce Plant. Other Occidental Petroleum Corp sites in this extract: Occidental Chemical Corp Luling; Occidental Chemical Corp; Occidental Chemical Holding Corp - Geismar Plant; Oxy Vinyls LP Pasadena Pvc Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); 1,2-Dichloroethane; Vinyl chloride; Ethylene.
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 26 chemicals · 15 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 172.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant and Albemarle U.S. Inc..
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
172K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant reports the 673rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.2% of its sector. Scale peers outside Texas include Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant and Albemarle U.S. Inc..
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
- Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant's total reported releases fell from 35.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant's air releases fell from 35.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant Form-R facts
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See how Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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51% less 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 Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 172.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 51% (41.8K lbs to 20.7K lbs).
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 51% 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 41.8K lbs | 26 |
| 2020 | 36.9K lbs | 26 |
| 2021 | 38.0K lbs | 26 |
| 2022 | 35.0K lbs | 26 |
| 2023 | 20.7K lbs | 26 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 15 of 26 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 73.6K lbs | - |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | 57.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Vinyl chloride | 19.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene | 17.0K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Propylene | 861 lbs | - |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | 746 lbs | - |
| Bis(2-chloroethyl) ether | 458 lbs | - |
| Trichloroethylene | 266 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chloroform | 264 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Pentachloroethane | 151 lbs | - |
| Chloroethane | 128 lbs | - |
| 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane | 113 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Tetrachloroethylene | 75 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorobenzene | 51 lbs | - |
| 1,2-Dichloroethylene | 32 lbs | - |
| Chloroprene | 21 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzene | 12 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Carbon tetrachloride | 11 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylidene dichloride | 9 lbs | - |
| Hexachloroethane | 8 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Vinylidene chloride | 8 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hexachlorobenzene | 3 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dichloromethane | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polychlorinated biphenyls | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Deer Park Refining LP, Shell Chemical LP, Westlake Epoxy Inc.- Deer Park Site, 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. Rohm & Haas - Louisville Plant, Albemarle U.S. Inc., Mallard Creek Polymers.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant on cumulative reported pounds (172.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (26). Release-pound peers include Strongwell Corp Bristol, Atlas Pacific Corp, Dairiconcepts L.P.. Chemical-count peers include Conemaugh Generating Station, Saint Nicholas Cogeneration Project, Ergon West Virginia Inc. 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.
- Strongwell Corp Bristol Bristol, VA · Plastics and Rubber 172.4K lbs reported
- Atlas Pacific Corp Bloomington, CA · Primary Metals 172.4K lbs reported
- Dairiconcepts L.P. Zumbrota, MN · Food 172.2K lbs reported
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp - Zanesvi Lle Works Zanesville, OH · Primary Metals 172.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Occidental Petroleum Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Occidental Chemical Corp Luling, Occidental Chemical Corp, Occidental Chemical Holding Corp - Geismar 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 Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), 1,2-Dichloroethane, Vinyl chloride, Ethylene; nearby reporters include Deer Park Refining LP. Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Deer Park, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Strongwell Corp Bristol (Δ 40 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park-Vcm Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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