PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Westlake Chemical

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 30
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 188,412
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 711,777,192
Percentage of national total 2020 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 20%
EJ: Minority Share: 8%

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This company is rank 41 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 98 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Facilities displayed below: (display chemicals at facilities) (display chemicals)
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Facility Name	City	State	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share	Split *
AXIALL LLC	PLAQUEMINE	LA	99,612	0	25,545,948	3.59%	36.8%	53.1%	43.5%	6.0%
WESTLAKE VINYLS INC	CALVERT CITY	KY	464	0	16,875,250	2.37%	43.8%	21.0%	15.1%	3.2%
WESTLAKE COMPOUNDS LLC	MADISON	MS	255	0	625,017	0.09%	19.7%	20.0%	11.8%	0.0%
WESTLAKE PETROCHEMICALS ETHYLENE	SULPHUR	LA	18	0	56,818	0.01%	33.6%	12.3%	5.5%	3.2%
WESTLAKE VINYLS CO	GEISMAR	LA	67	0	1,549,432	0.22%	16.8%	7.6%	5.0%	2.3%
EAGLE US 2 LLC	WESTLAKE	LA	87,243	0	665,506,346	93.50%	20.3%	7.5%	3.7%	0.4%
EAGLE NATRIUM LLC	PROCTOR	WV	752	0	1,355,802	0.19%	37.5%	4.4%	0.8%	1.0%
AXIALL LLC-ABERDEEN	ABERDEEN	MS	0	0	262,580	0.04%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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 2020, 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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