LOUISIANA
The 25 Facilities in Louisiana storing the largest amounts of extremely hazardous substances.*
Facility Name City Maximum amount in a single process (lbs) Chemical
1 TAFT TERMINAL TAFT 240,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
2 VULCAN CHEMICALS GEISMAR 190,000,000 Chloroform
3 STERLINGTON FACILITY STERLINGTON 130,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
4 CF INDUSTRIES, INC. DONALDSONVILLE NITROGEN CMPLX DONALDSONVILLE 130,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
5 BORDEN CHEMICALS AND PLASTICS, OLP - GEISMAR GEISMAR 70,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
6 FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC. POLLOCK NITROGEN PLANT POLLOCK 60,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
7 TRIAD NITROGEN, INC. DONALDSONVILLE 60,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
8 FAUSTINA PLANT ST. JAMES 50,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
9 CYTEC-FORTIER PLANT WAGGAMAN 50,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
10 PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, L. P.--GEISMAR, LA GEISMAR 44,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
11 GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION - PLAQUEMINE FACILITY PLAQUEMINE 36,000,000 Chlorine
12 OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL TAFT PLANT HAHNVILLE 25,000,000 Chlorine
13 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY-LOUISIANA OPERATIONS PLAQUEMINE 23,617,660 Propylene oxide
14 DELTA TERMINAL SERVICES, INC. HARVEY 19,000,000 Toluene 2,4-diisocyanate
15 BASF CORPORATION GEISMAR SITE GEISMAR 18,000,000 Chlorine
16 RHODIA, INC., BATON ROUGE FACILITY BATON ROUGE 15,540,580 Oleum (Fuming Sulfuric acid)
17 NORCO CHEMICAL PLANT - WEST SITE NORCO 14,000,000 Epichlorohydrin
18 DUPONT DOW ELASTOMERS L.L.C., PONTCHARTRAIN SITE LAPLACE 9,000,000 Chlorine
19 PIONEER CHLOR ALKALI COMPANY, INC. ST. GABRIEL 8,930,000 Chlorine
20 LYONDELL CHEMICAL WORLDWIDE, INC. WESTLAKE 8,400,000 Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer)
21 PPG INDUSTRIES INC., LAKE CHARLES PLANT LAKE CHARLES 6,800,000 Chlorine
22 UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION TAFT/ STAR COMPLEX TAFT 6,277,353 Ethylenediamine
23 MONSANTO COMPANY LULING PLANT LULING 6,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
24 DUPONT BURNSIDE PLANT DARROW 5,400,000 Oleum (Fuming Sulfuric acid)
25 ALIEDSIGNAL, GEISMAR PLANT GEISMAR 5,000,000 Hydrogen fluoride (conc >=50%)
*Extremely hazardous substances as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r).



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