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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 80
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 144,866
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 132,043
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 55,579,140
EJ: Near Poor Share: 36%
EJ: Minority Share: 65%

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This company is rank 32 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 66 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals at facilities displayed below: (
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OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Hexachlorobenzene 12 0 19,040,000 34.26%
OXY VINYLS LP DEER PARK CAUSTIC DEER PARK TX Vinyl chloride 5 0 7,350,000 13.22%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Vinyl chloride 3 0 4,950,000 8.91%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP CONVENT LA Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether 4 0 3,958,900 7.12%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Acetaldehyde 377 0 2,978,300 5.36%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA 1,2-Dichloroethane 23 0 2,093,000 3.77%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Vinyl chloride 1 0 1,995,000 3.59%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP HAHNVILLE LA Chloroform 310 0 1,889,780 3.40%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Chromium compounds 15 0 1,875,000 3.37%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Hexachlorobenzene 1 0 1,600,000 2.88%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Vinyl chloride 1 0 1,500,000 2.70%
OXY VINYLS LP DEER PARK CAUSTIC DEER PARK TX Acetaldehyde 134 0 1,058,600 1.90%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Lead compounds 54 0 972,000 1.75%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP HAHNVILLE LA Lead 47 0 840,600 1.51%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP HAHNVILLE LA Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 624,492 1.12%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Hexachloroethane 10 0 400,000 0.72%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX 1,2-Dichloroethane 3 0 300,300 0.54%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 292,066 0.53%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP GREGORY TX 1,2-Dichloroethane 3 0 273,000 0.49%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Chloroform 42 0 256,200 0.46%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Carbon tetrachloride 3 0 210,000 0.38%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP GREGORY TX Lead 12 0 207,000 0.37%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP GREGORY TX Chloroform 33 0 201,300 0.36%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Copper compounds 95 0 142,500 0.26%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP GREGORY TX Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 103,924 0.19%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP CONVENT LA 1,2-Dichloroethane 1 0 91,000 0.16%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene 10 0 78,000 0.14%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP NIAGARA PLANT NIAGARA FALLS NY Lead compounds 1 3 66,600 0.12%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Nitrate compounds 86,126 0 54,259 0.10%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Dichloromethane 19 0 38,000 0.07%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP CONVENT LA Chlorine 3,042 0 30,420 0.05%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Chloroform 4 0 24,400 0.04%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP CONVENT LA Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 16,304 0.03%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Ethylene glycol 26,283 0 13,142 0.02%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP CONVENT LA 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 2 0 10,089 0.02%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP MUSCLE SHOALS AL Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 8,481 0.02%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP NIAGARA PLANT NIAGARA FALLS NY Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 6,023 0.01%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA 1,1,2-Trichloroethane 1 0 5,700 0.01%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Trichloroethylene 1 0 4,600 0.01%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP HAHNVILLE LA Chlorine 352 0 3,517 0.01%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Acetophenone 347 0 3,470 0.01%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Methanol 2,818 0 2,818 0.01%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Zinc compounds 669 0 2,208 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) 1 0 2,100 0.00%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 0 0 2,000 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (OXYCHEM) NEW JOHNSONVILLE TN Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 1,706 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Chloromethane 1 0 1,300 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP (OXYCHEM) NEW JOHNSONVILLE TN Chlorine 69 0 685 0.00%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Methanol 334 0 334 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) 1 0 20 0.00%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Cumene 0 0 1 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR LA Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 1 0 0 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP LUDINGTON MI Ammonia 22,997 0 0 0.00%
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP SAUGET PLANT SAUGET IL Ammonia 0 132,040 0 0.00%
OXY VINYLS LP PASADENA PVC PLANT PASADENA TX Ammonia 381 0 0 0.00%
OXY VINYLS LP LA PORTE VCM PLANT LA PORTE TX Ammonia 219 0 0 0.00%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2019, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

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

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