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Formosa Plastics

Rank in Toxic 100: 63
Rank among all TRI companies: 153
Air releases 2018 (lbs): 1,421,399
Incineration transfers 2018 (lbs): 6,935,367
Total Air and Incineration Toxic Score 2018: 364,055
Percentage of national total 2018 toxic air and incineration score: 0.1%
EJ: Poor Share: 24%
EJ: Minority Share: 72%

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This company is rank 29 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 42,664 1,713,820 236,617 64.99% 25.5% 77.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Vinyl chloride 22,740 0 25,169 6.91% 11.0% 41.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Vinyl chloride 15,670 1,212 22,809 6.27% 25.5% 77.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chlorine 77,469 0 20,664 5.68% 21.3% 59.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylene oxide 495 0 16,018 4.40% 14.1% 55.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chloroprene 1,329 0 15,634 4.29% 21.5% 60.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chloroform 2,632 68,865 7,658 2.10% 24.9% 74.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Vinyl chloride 84,540 51 4,632 1.27% 15.5% 58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,2-Dichloroethane 14,692 757,766 3,993 1.10% 14.2% 55.5%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA LAKE CITY SC Acetaldehyde 57,645 0 2,982 0.82% 29.4% 63.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Carbon tetrachloride 2,275 68,813 1,754 0.48% 24.9% 74.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Hydroquinone 18,962 0 1,691 0.46% 15.6% 58.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,3-Butadiene 8,358 0 1,264 0.35% 14.9% 57.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Trichloroethylene 862 6,800 885 0.24% 25.7% 78.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Benzene 1,396 6,801 445 0.12% 21.2% 59.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Benzene 6,862 40,023 414 0.11% 15.0% 57.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chlorine 9,090 0 345 0.09% 15.9% 59.0%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA LAKE CITY SC 1,4-Dioxane 2,429 0 296 0.08% 29.2% 63.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1,513 1,713,230 160 0.04% 23.4% 68.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 11 137,625 154 0.04% 25.6% 77.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Acetaldehyde 7,376 0 89 0.02% 15.7% 58.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloroprene 43 0 89 0.02% 14.8% 57.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloroform 573 23,817 79 0.02% 15.8% 58.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Hydrochloric acid 17,925 0 51 0.01% 22.8% 66.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 29 0.01% 21.2% 59.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane 65 91,236 25 0.01% 15.5% 58.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 1,470 513,795 23 0.01% 23.0% 66.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Naphthalene 1,089 2,170 21 0.01% 15.5% 58.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloromethane 19,568 0 20 0.01% 15.9% 59.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylbenzene 2,992 1,647 9 0.00% 13.6% 54.3%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Ethylidene dichloride 1,344 0 9 0.00% 21.2% 59.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Vinyl acetate 15,114 0 9 0.00% 11.0% 41.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Hydrochloric acid 16,150 90 5 0.00% 15.5% 58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Vinyl acetate 126,274 30,622 3 0.00% 15.6% 58.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Ethylene 32,615 0 1 0.00% 25.9% 78.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Acetophenone 9,853 0 1 0.00% 21.2% 59.6%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ammonia 63,032 0 1 0.00% 14.6% 56.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Ammonia 3,600 0 1 0.00% 11.0% 40.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX n-Hexane 70,959 5,382 1 0.00% 14.6% 56.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Trichloroethylene 12 85,724 1 0.00% 13.0% 53.2%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA LAKE CITY SC Ethylene glycol 9,839 0 1 0.00% 29.6% 64.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1 0.00% 15.9% 59.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 60 899,678 1 0.00% 15.8% 58.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylene 460,081 0 0 0.00% 15.5% 58.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 102 91,760 0 0.00% 13.1% 53.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX m-Xylene 2,959 0 0 0.00% 12.7% 52.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Propylene (Propene) 160,653 0 0 0.00% 14.9% 57.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX p-Xylene 1,890 0 0 0.00% 12.9% 52.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Carbon tetrachloride 2 182 0 0.00% 13.1% 53.4%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 2,110 0 0 0.00% 15.4% 58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX o-Xylene 1,441 0 0 0.00% 13.0% 53.2%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA LAKE CITY SC Biphenyl 8 0 0 0.00% 31.3% 66.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Dicyclopentadiene 2 0 0 0.00% 10.6% 47.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylene glycol 4,172 0 0 0.00% 14.2% 55.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Xylene (mixed isomers) 1,076 116 0 0.00% 14.1% 55.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Hydrogen sulfide 7 0 0 0.00% 13.5% 54.1%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Ethylidene dichloride 36 0 0 0.00% 15.7% 58.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Propylene (Propene) 650 0 0 0.00% 25.9% 78.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Toluene 6,383 4 0 0.00% 13.4% 53.9%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 1,752 0 0 0.00% 23.8% 70.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 1,323 0 0 0.00% 21.3% 59.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE DELAWARE CITY DE Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0.00% 11.1% 41.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Styrene 214 1 0 0.00% 13.8% 54.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Methanol 3,574 0 0 0.00% 15.5% 58.2%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Cumene 41 0 0 0.00% 15.7% 58.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Cyclohexane 548 0 0 0.00% 15.3% 57.8%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 594 40 0 0.00% 15.9% 59.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Chlorobenzene 2 137,320 0 0.00% 25.1% 75.7%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Chlorobenzene 40 91,309 0 0.00% 15.9% 59.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 38 91,237 0 0.00% 15.6% 58.5%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE LA Pentachloroethane 0 171,201 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Pentachloroethane 0 91,372 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Isoprene 114 0 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX Titanium tetrachloride 0 436 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%
FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS POINT COMFORT TX 1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane 0 91,224 0 0.00% 0.0% 0.0%

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