PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100: 60
Rank among all TRI companies: 157
Air releases 2017 (lbs): 1,306,351
Incineration transfers 2017 (lbs): 15,723,861
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2017: 397,561
Percentage of national total 2017 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 22%
EJ: Minority Share: 67%

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This company is rank 30 on the Toxic 100 Water list.
This company has information in PERI's Greenhouse database.

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Facility Name	City	State	Chemical	Air releases (lbs)	Incineration transfers (lbs)	Toxic Score (quantity x exposure x toxicity x population)	Percent of total company score	EJ: Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	Split *
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	1,2-Dichloroethane	40,514	4,248,438	190,644	47.95%	25.7%	76.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ethylene oxide	1,263	0	56,995	14.34%	15.0%	56.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE	DELAWARE CITY	DE	Vinyl chloride	45,949	0	49,410	12.43%	11.2%	40.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Vinyl chloride	16,988	60	25,275	6.36%	25.9%	77.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Chlorine	74,916	0	17,586	4.42%	21.8%	59.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Chloroprene	1,284	0	13,277	3.34%	22.1%	59.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,3-Butadiene	31,397	0	9,213	2.32%	15.4%	57.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Chloroform	2,623	170,304	7,610	1.91%	25.3%	74.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,2-Dichloroethane	9,221	1,778,281	7,272	1.83%	12.7%	28.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Vinyl chloride	47,689	53	5,305	1.33%	15.5%	57.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Hydroquinone	22,843	0	4,231	1.06%	15.9%	58.1%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA	LAKE CITY	SC	Acetaldehyde	56,528	0	3,057	0.77%	31.1%	62.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chlorine	20,332	0	1,647	0.41%	15.9%	58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Carbon tetrachloride	2,107	170,271	1,488	0.37%	25.2%	74.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Benzene	9,860	20,683	983	0.25%	15.8%	57.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	32	177,386	850	0.21%	11.6%	13.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Trichloroethylene	695	1,699	710	0.18%	26.0%	77.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Benzene	1,353	16,988	379	0.10%	21.8%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chloroform	1,104	51	309	0.08%	16.1%	58.5%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA	LAKE CITY	SC	1,4-Dioxane	2,291	0	287	0.07%	30.8%	62.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,1,2-Trichloroethane	145	1,428,045	185	0.05%	11.5%	12.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane	16	339,740	151	0.04%	25.6%	75.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	1,1,2-Trichloroethane	1,491	4,242,759	151	0.04%	24.0%	68.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chloroprene	40	0	145	0.04%	15.4%	57.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Acetaldehyde	4,715	0	119	0.03%	15.9%	58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Naphthalene	1,455	1	56	0.01%	15.7%	57.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chloromethane	17,991	0	39	0.01%	16.1%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Hydrochloric acid	16,748	0	37	0.01%	22.8%	63.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Trichloroethylene	49	98,874	32	0.01%	11.6%	14.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	26	0.01%	21.7%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	1,432	1,274,029	20	0.01%	23.5%	66.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE	DELAWARE CITY	DE	Vinyl acetate	34,162	0	19	0.00%	11.2%	41.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Hydrochloric acid	24,363	242	16	0.00%	15.8%	58.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	116	393,150	9	0.00%	11.6%	13.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane	0	133,076	8	0.00%	11.5%	12.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Ethylidene dichloride	1,304	0	7	0.00%	21.7%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ethylbenzene	1,408	313	5	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ammonia	50,743	0	1	0.00%	15.6%	57.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1	0.00%	16.1%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE	DELAWARE CITY	DE	Ammonia	4,485	0	1	0.00%	11.2%	40.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ethylene	495,072	0	1	0.00%	15.9%	58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Acetophenone	8,371	0	1	0.00%	21.8%	58.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	n-Hexane	41,606	8,009	1	0.00%	15.5%	57.6%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA	LAKE CITY	SC	Ethylene glycol	9,579	0	1	0.00%	31.2%	62.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Propylene (Propene)	164,025	0	1	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	2,286	0	0	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ethylene glycol	11,864	0	0	0.00%	15.1%	56.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Carbon tetrachloride	2	233	0	0.00%	14.5%	56.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Xylene (mixed isomers)	1,483	137	0	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Dicyclopentadiene	2	0	0	0.00%	12.2%	51.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Vinyl acetate	1,551	179,390	0	0.00%	15.0%	56.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	m-Xylene	645	0	0	0.00%	14.8%	56.4%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA	LAKE CITY	SC	Biphenyl	6	0	0	0.00%	33.1%	65.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ethylidene dichloride	30	0	0	0.00%	16.1%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	p-Xylene	396	0	0	0.00%	14.8%	56.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	o-Xylene	374	0	0	0.00%	15.0%	56.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Hydrogen sulfide	4	0	0	0.00%	15.2%	57.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE	DELAWARE CITY	DE	Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	0	0.00%	11.3%	40.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	1,796	0	0	0.00%	24.3%	70.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Toluene	4,557	397	0	0.00%	15.5%	57.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	1,1,1-Trichloroethane	1,263	0	0	0.00%	21.7%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chlorobenzene	30	58,823	0	0.00%	11.7%	14.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Styrene	522	0	0	0.00%	15.2%	56.9%
PET COKE/COAL ENERGY GENERATING FACILITY	POINT COMFORT	TX	Ammonia	1,801	0	0	0.00%	16.2%	56.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Methanol	3,574	545	0	0.00%	16.0%	58.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	1,1,1-Trichloroethane	33	104,851	0	0.00%	11.6%	13.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22)	3,915	0	0	0.00%	14.5%	56.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Ethylene	28	0	0	0.00%	26.2%	78.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Cumene	34	0	0	0.00%	16.0%	58.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	557	0	0	0.00%	16.1%	58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Cyclohexane	341	0	0	0.00%	15.9%	58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Chlorobenzene	9	254,805	0	0.00%	23.9%	68.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Isoprene	940	0	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Pentachloroethane	0	196,842	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA	BATON ROUGE	LA	Pentachloroethane	3	424,677	0	0.00%	0.0%	0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS	POINT COMFORT	TX	Titanium tetrachloride	0	710	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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