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Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100: 62
Rank among all TRI companies: 177
Air releases 2015 (lbs): 1,248,769
Incineration transfers 2015 (lbs): 1,165,102
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2015: 293,428
Percentage of national total 2015 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 23%
EJ: Minority Share: 64%

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This company is rank 59 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,2-Dichloroethane 41,893 224,553 170,809 58.21% 26.1% 71.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Vinyl chloride 42,710 0 45,001 15.34% 10.9% 39.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Vinyl chloride 14,629 249 20,765 7.08% 26.4% 72.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chlorine 77,067 0 16,590 5.65% 22.1% 56.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chloroprene 1,323 0 12,509 4.26% 22.3% 57.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chloroform 2,612 529 6,413 2.19% 25.6% 69.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,2-Dichloroethane 16,212 302,189 6,325 2.16% 16.7% 51.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,3-Butadiene 17,142 0 5,059 1.72% 17.1% 55.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Vinyl chloride 37,951 66 4,145 1.41% 17.4% 55.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Carbon tetrachloride 2,384 1,481 1,456 0.50% 25.5% 69.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Benzene 9,191 8,145 918 0.31% 17.6% 56.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chlorine 9,341 0 785 0.27% 17.5% 55.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Trichloroethylene 814 888 713 0.24% 26.4% 73.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylene oxide 367 0 412 0.14% 17.6% 55.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Benzene 1,374 888 353 0.12% 22.0% 56.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloroprene 50 0 215 0.07% 15.5% 52.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloroform 758 62 215 0.07% 17.9% 56.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 8 69,421 164 0.06% 15.5% 18.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,740 221,990 145 0.05% 23.9% 63.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 15 17,759 106 0.04% 25.7% 70.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Trichloroethylene 790 22,071 55 0.02% 16.0% 49.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloromethane 18,774 0 41 0.01% 18.1% 56.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Hydrochloric acid 17,517 0 38 0.01% 23.2% 61.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Naphthalene 836 3,014 34 0.01% 16.9% 54.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Acetaldehyde 1,271 0 33 0.01% 17.6% 55.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 20 0.01% 22.0% 56.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 1,567 66,598 19 0.01% 23.5% 62.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Vinyl acetate 33,572 0 18 0.01% 10.9% 39.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Hydroquinone 52 0 12 0.00% 15.5% 52.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylbenzene 2,871 108 10 0.00% 16.9% 55.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Hydrochloric acid 15,654 0 10 0.00% 17.8% 56.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 75 87,213 7 0.00% 15.6% 23.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Ethylidene dichloride 1,333 0 7 0.00% 22.0% 56.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ammonia 46,728 0 6 0.00% 17.7% 56.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,414 40 4 0.00% 17.2% 55.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 890 29,458 4 0.00% 16.1% 49.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Ammonia 1,947 0 3 0.00% 10.7% 38.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Acetophenone 26,316 0 2 0.00% 22.0% 56.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX n-Hexane 105,707 59 2 0.00% 17.6% 56.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1 0.00% 18.0% 56.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylene 479,395 0 1 0.00% 17.8% 56.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Vinyl acetate 15,913 2 1 0.00% 17.7% 56.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Propylene (Propene) 165,017 0 1 0.00% 17.1% 55.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 0 17,443 0 0.00% 15.5% 17.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX m-Xylene 2,133 0 0 0.00% 15.8% 52.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Xylene (mixed isomers) 2,137 52 0 0.00% 16.9% 54.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX p-Xylene 1,439 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 53.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX o-Xylene 1,119 1 0 0.00% 16.2% 53.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Dicyclopentadiene 3 0 0 0.00% 14.3% 49.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylene glycol 1,794 0 0 0.00% 17.6% 56.0%
PET COKE/COAL ENERGY GENERATING FACILITY POINT COMFORT TX Ammonia 2,360 0 0 0.00% 17.7% 55.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Toluene 11,200 167 0 0.00% 16.5% 53.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Hydrogen sulfide 4 0 0 0.00% 17.0% 54.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Propylene (Propene) 637 0 0 0.00% 26.7% 73.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Ethylene 529 0 0 0.00% 26.7% 74.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 11.1% 38.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 2,161 0 0 0.00% 24.3% 65.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Styrene 1,107 690 0 0.00% 15.6% 52.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,403 0 0 0.00% 22.0% 56.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Methanol 3,218 3,200 0 0.00% 17.4% 55.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Cyclohexane 464 0 0 0.00% 17.8% 56.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chlorobenzene 12 17,759 0 0.00% 23.7% 62.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 475 0 0 0.00% 18.0% 56.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 91 17,443 0 0.00% 15.9% 37.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Cumene 4 0 0 0.00% 16.0% 52.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chlorobenzene 6 6 0 0.00% 16.2% 53.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Pentachloroethane 0 29,071 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Carbon tetrachloride 0 288 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Isoprene 246 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Pentachloroethane 7 22,200 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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The Greenhouse CO2e column shows the CO2 equivalent pounds released by this facility if the facility also exists in the Greenhouse database

* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's emissions have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies for their parent company data, although the full pounds and score are displayed here.

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