\J35g.' 1997 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY
LOUISIANA
State/TRI Data
Population
Square Miles
Total Facilities
Total Forms
Form As
4,353,646
43,566
293
2,086
180
National Rank for Total On- and Off-site
Releases (includes transfers out-of-state for disposal)
Rank	2
Pounds	186,038,253
National Rank for Total On-site Releases
(includes quantities released at the facility; excludes
quantities transferred to other sites for disposal)
Rank	2
Pounds	183,777,629
National Rank for Total Releases within State
(excludes transfers out-of-state for disposal)
Rank	3
Pounds	189,413,085
National Rank for Production-related Waste
Managed
Rank 2
Pounds	2,394,518,323
The largest triangle appearing in the state map represents the largest facility for on-site
releases in the state of Louisiana. All triangles are proportionally-sized to represent the
amounts of releases at each facility within this state.
Reported Releases and
Waste Management Activities
Pounds
On-site Releases
183,777,629
Air Emissions
74,838,852
Surface Water Discharges
46,909,318
Underground Injection Class I Wells
54,243,582
Underground Injection Class II-V Wells
0
On-site Land Releases to RCRA Subtitle C Landfills
4,256
Other On-site Land Releases
7,781,621
Off-site Releases (Transfers Off-site to Disposal)
2,260,624
Total On- and Off-site Releases
186,038,253
Recycled On-site
746,853,862
Recycled Off-site
55,863,841
Energy Recovery On-site**
528,113,029
Energy Recovery Off-site
14,703,797
Treated On-site
858,448,408
Treated Off-site
10,741,231
Quantity Released On- and Off-site
179,794,155
(excludes non-production-related releases; e.g. releases due to

catastrovhic events or remedial actions)

Total Production-related Waste Managed**
2,394,518,323
Total Non-nroduction-related Waste Managed
2,576,537
Top Five Chemicals for Total Releases In State


On-site Releases
Off-site Releases
(Transfers Off-site to Disposal)





Underground Injection
On-site Releases to Land




CAS
Number
Chemical
Air
Emissions
Surface
Water
Discharges
Class I
Wells
Class II-V
Wells
RCRA
Subtitle C
Landfills
Other
On-site Land
Releases
Transferred Transferred
Into State Within State
Transferred
Out of State
Total Releases
in the State*


Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
7664-38-2
Phosphoric acid
19,744
36,502,118
13,000
0
0
1,430,276
2,256
0
149
37,967,394
7664-41-7
Ammonia
22,357,010
674,835
9,045,486
0
0
7,630
73,532
80,854
48,290
32,239,347
67-56-1
Methanol
16,312,357
254,231
3,480,050
0
0
320,119
37,456
82,544
1,258
20,486,757

Nitrate compounds
0
8,615,986
5,880,800
0
0
750
453,638
1,153
0
14,952,327
50-00-0
Formaldehyde
338,220
17,786
9,585,025
0
0
227
2,618
965
0
9,944,841
*The chemical ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude transfers out of state.
**One facility, Shell Chemical Co. in Geismar, LA, reported on-site energy recovery of 193,830,000 pounds of ethylene in 1997. The facility has since revised this quantity to 13,000,000 pounds. For
Louisiana, this changes on-site recovery to 347,283,029 pounds and total production-related waste managed to 2,213,688,323 pounds. Louisiana's rank for total production-related waste managed
remains unchanged.

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1997 TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY		LOUISIANA
Top Five Facilities for Total On-site Releases



On-site Releases



Off-site Releases








(Transfers Off-site to Disposal)



Underground Injection
On-site Releases to Land





Surface


RCRA
Other
Total



Air
Water
Class I
Class II-V
Subtitle C
On-site Land
On-site
Transferred
Transferred
Facility / City, County
Emissions
Discharges
Wells
Wells
Landiflls
Releases
Releases*
Within State
Out of State

Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer L.P., Geismar, Ascension
1,827,636
29,775,103
0
0
0
643,860
32,246,599
0
0
Cytec Ind. Inc., Westwego, Jefferson
787,671
37,984
20,076,300
0
0
0
20,901,955
43,389
0
IMC-Agrico Co., Saint James, St James
7,246,200
4,982,487
0
0
0
364,286
12,592,973
0
0
Monsanto-Luling, Luling, St. Charles
101,309
202,521
9,629,000
0
0
0
9,932,830
0
16,000
Rubicon Inc., Geismar, Ascension
766,602
174
8,607,000
0
0
0
9,373,776
371,856
0
*The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column.
Top Five Facilities for Total Quantity Released On-site and Off-site








Total
Total Non-



Energy
Energy


Quantity
Production-
Production-

Recycled
Recycled
Recovery
Recovery
Treated
Treated
Released On-
related Waste
related Waste
Facility / City, County
On-site
Off-site
On-site
Off-site
On-site
Off-site
and Off-site*
Managed
Managed

Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
Pounds
PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer L.P., Geismar, Ascension
0
64,000
0
0
1,325,128
0
32,246,379
33,635,507
220
Cytec Ind. Inc., Westwego, Jefferson
8,851,293
9
21,077,585
6,302
19,095,871
158
20,477,248
69,508,466
0
IMC-Agrico Co., Saint James, St James
0
0
3,582,784
0
11,553
5,888
12,592,974
16,193,199
0
Monsanto-Luling, Luling, St. Charles
0
290,000
0
0
30,985,300
47,100
9,884,610
41,207,010
0
Rubicon Inc., Geismar, Ascension
0
0
13,403,000
0
810,000
657,586
9,446,540
24,317,126
354,595
* The facility ranking is based on the amounts in this column; these quantities exclude non-production-related releases.
For More Information...
State Contact:
Linda Brown
(504) 765-0737
Fax (504) 765-0742
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Warren Layne
(214)665-8013
Fax (214) 665-6762
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