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The 25 Facilities in Louisiana
storing the largest amounts of extremely hazardous substances.* |
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Facility
Name |
City |
Maximum
amount in a single process (lbs) |
Chemical |
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| 1 |
TAFT
TERMINAL |
TAFT |
240,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 2 |
VULCAN CHEMICALS |
GEISMAR |
190,000,000 |
Chloroform |
| 3 |
STERLINGTON FACILITY |
STERLINGTON |
130,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 4 |
CF INDUSTRIES, INC. DONALDSONVILLE
NITROGEN CMPLX |
DONALDSONVILLE |
130,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
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BORDEN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS,
OLP - GEISMAR |
GEISMAR |
70,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 6 |
FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. POLLOCK
NITROGEN PLANT |
POLLOCK |
60,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
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TRIAD NITROGEN, INC. |
DONALDSONVILLE |
60,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 8 |
FAUSTINA PLANT |
ST. JAMES |
50,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 9 |
CYTEC-FORTIER PLANT |
WAGGAMAN |
50,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 10 |
PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L.
P.--GEISMAR, LA |
GEISMAR |
44,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 11 |
GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION -
PLAQUEMINE FACILITY |
PLAQUEMINE |
36,000,000 |
Chlorine |
| 12 |
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL TAFT PLANT |
HAHNVILLE |
25,000,000 |
Chlorine |
| 13 |
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY-LOUISIANA
OPERATIONS |
PLAQUEMINE |
23,617,660 |
Propylene oxide |
| 14 |
DELTA TERMINAL SERVICES, INC. |
HARVEY |
19,000,000 |
Toluene 2,4-diisocyanate |
| 15 |
BASF CORPORATION GEISMAR SITE |
GEISMAR |
18,000,000 |
Chlorine |
| 16 |
RHODIA, INC., BATON ROUGE FACILITY |
BATON ROUGE |
15,540,580 |
Oleum (Fuming Sulfuric acid) |
| 17 |
NORCO CHEMICAL PLANT - WEST
SITE |
NORCO |
14,000,000 |
Epichlorohydrin |
| 18 |
DUPONT DOW ELASTOMERS L.L.C.,
PONTCHARTRAIN SITE |
LAPLACE |
9,000,000 |
Chlorine |
| 19 |
PIONEER CHLOR ALKALI COMPANY,
INC. |
ST. GABRIEL |
8,930,000 |
Chlorine |
| 20 |
LYONDELL CHEMICAL WORLDWIDE,
INC. |
WESTLAKE |
8,400,000 |
Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) |
| 21 |
PPG INDUSTRIES INC., LAKE CHARLES
PLANT |
LAKE CHARLES |
6,800,000 |
Chlorine |
| 22 |
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT/
STAR COMPLEX |
TAFT |
6,277,353 |
Ethylenediamine |
| 23 |
MONSANTO COMPANY LULING PLANT |
LULING |
6,000,000 |
Ammonia (anhydrous) |
| 24 |
DUPONT BURNSIDE PLANT |
DARROW |
5,400,000 |
Oleum (Fuming Sulfuric acid) |
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ALIEDSIGNAL, GEISMAR PLANT |
GEISMAR |
5,000,000 |
Hydrogen fluoride (conc >=50%) |
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*Extremely hazardous substances
as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air
Act, Section 112(r). |
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