Toxic Releases / Ethylene
Ethylene
CAS 74-85-1 · 16,789,289 lb reported released from 296 facilities (TRI 2024).
By State
TX9,862,927 lb · 117 facilitiesLA3,053,401 lb · 57 facilitiesIA1,739,709 lb · 2 facilitiesIN578,455 lb · 5 facilitiesIL365,104 lb · 7 facilitiesOK290,688 lb · 9 facilitiesPA235,485 lb · 8 facilitiesKY128,355 lb · 5 facilitiesMI99,600 lb · 6 facilitiesVA43,845 lb · 2 facilitiesSC41,400 lb · 1 facilitiesNM38,277 lb · 2 facilitiesUT36,046 lb · 4 facilitiesNJ34,804 lb · 4 facilitiesND33,157 lb · 2 facilitiesAL32,554 lb · 3 facilitiesOH28,108 lb · 9 facilitiesWA25,334 lb · 6 facilitiesWV24,915 lb · 3 facilitiesTN20,819 lb · 3 facilitiesMT19,593 lb · 3 facilitiesCA15,191 lb · 17 facilitiesKS14,151 lb · 2 facilitiesDE7,548 lb · 3 facilitiesWY6,203 lb · 4 facilitiesCO5,252 lb · 2 facilitiesNC2,518 lb · 1 facilitiesMN2,277 lb · 2 facilitiesMS1,700 lb · 1 facilitiesOR660 lb · 1 facilitiesWI596 lb · 1 facilitiesGA500 lb · 1 facilitiesNE83 lb · 1 facilitiesAR25 lb · 1 facilitiesFL10 lb · 1 facilities
Facilities Reporting the Largest Releases
1EQUISTAR CHEMICALS CLINTON PLANT · CLINTON, IA1,739,018 lb (2024)2UNION CARBIDE CORP SEADRIFT PLANT · SEADRIFT, TX1,095,043 lb (2024)3EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TEXAS OPERATIONS · LONGVIEW, TX1,048,709 lb (2024)4WESTLAKE LONGVIEW CORP · LONGVIEW, TX968,068 lb (2024)5CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO LP · BAYTOWN, TX822,826 lb (2024)6FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS · POINT COMFORT, TX682,454 lb (2024)7MOBIL CHEMICAL CO BEAUMONT POLYETHYLENE PLANT · BEAUMONT, TX565,000 lb (2024)8BP PRODUCTS NA WHITING BUSINESS UNIT · WHITING, IN563,000 lb (2024)9THE DOW CHEMICAL CO - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS · PLAQUEMINE, LA535,104 lb (2024)10DOW SABINE RIVER OPERATIONS · ORANGE, TX482,823 lb (2024)11LOUISIANA INTEGRATED POLYETHYLENE JV LLC · WESTLAKE, LA423,738 lb (2024)12SHELL CHEMICAL LP · DEER PARK, TX419,000 lb (2024)13WESTLAKE POLYMERS LLC · SULPHUR, LA352,436 lb (2024)14EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP · MORRIS, IL297,982 lb (2024)15NUCERA SOLUTIONS LLC · BARNSDALL, OK288,533 lb (2024)16INEOS USA LLC - CHOCOLATE BAYOU PLANT · ALVIN, TX282,096 lb (2024)17DOW CHEMICAL CO FREEPORT FACILITY · FREEPORT, TX249,898 lb (2024)18SHELL NORCO CHEMICAL PLANT · NORCO, LA239,589 lb (2024)19CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO LP SWEENY COMPLEX · SWEENY, TX236,575 lb (2024)20SASOL CHEMICALS (USA) LLC-LAKE CHARLES CHEMICAL COMPLEX · WESTLAKE, LA218,438 lb (2024)21EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP - LAKE CHARLES POLYMERS · WESTLAKE, LA177,222 lb (2024)22SHELL CHEMICAL APPALACHIA LLC · MONACA, PA165,900 lb (2024)23EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN CHEMICAL PLANT (PART) · BAYTOWN, TX164,000 lb (2024)24INEOS BATTLEGROUND MANUFACTURING COMPLEX · LA PORTE, TX159,326 lb (2024)25BASF TOTALENERGIES PETROCHEMICALS LLC · PORT ARTHUR, TX153,145 lb (2024)26EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP CHEMICAL PLANT (PART) · BEAUMONT, TX153,000 lb (2024)27CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO · PORT ARTHUR, TX131,016 lb (2024)28ST CHARLES OPERATIONS (TAFT/STAR) UNION CARBIDE CORP · HAHNVILLE, LA121,548 lb (2024)29SHELL CHEMICAL LP · GEISMAR, LA113,781 lb (2024)30EXXON MOBIL CORP - BATON ROUGE PLASTICS PLANT · BATON ROUGE, LA110,650 lb (2024)31GULF COAST GROWTH VENTURES LLC · GREGORY, TX109,652 lb (2024)32EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP · CORPUS CHRISTI, TX102,073 lb (2024)33HUNTSMAN PETROCHEMICAL LLC PORT NECHES FACILITY · PORT NECHES, TX101,291 lb (2024)34HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC · ORANGE, TX92,670 lb (2024)35EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL CO BAYTOWN OLEFINS PLANT (PART) · BAYTOWN, TX91,000 lb (2024)36CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO LP-ORANGE · ORANGE, TX86,784 lb (2024)37EXXONMOBIL MONT BELVIEU PLASTICS PLANT · BAYTOWN, TX85,744 lb (2024)38CHEVRON PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO - PASADENA PLASTICS COMPLEX · PASADENA, TX84,008 lb (2024)39AURORIUM ZEELAND LLC · ZEELAND, MI82,130 lb (2024)40DOW VICTORIA SITE · VICTORIA, TX81,380 lb (2024)41MOTIVA - PORT ARTHUR CHEMICALS · PORT ARTHUR, TX80,637 lb (2024)42INDORAMA VENTURES OLEFINS LLC · WESTLAKE, LA74,000 lb (2024)43OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP · GREGORY, TX71,454 lb (2024)44BAYPORT POLYMERS LLC - HDPE PLANT · PASADENA, TX71,321 lb (2024)45NOVA CHEMICALS OLEFINS LLC · GEISMAR, LA69,181 lb (2024)46WESTLAKE PETROCHEMICALS ETHYLENE · SULPHUR, LA68,679 lb (2024)47KURARAY AMERICA INC · LAPORTE, TX65,620 lb (2024)48EXXONMOBIL BATON ROUGE CHEMICAL PLANT (PART) · BATON ROUGE, LA65,000 lb (2024)49EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP · LA PORTE, TX60,000 lb (2024)50BOARDWALK LOUISIANA MIDSTREAM LLC · SULPHUR, LA55,191 lb (2024)
Source: EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data File. Figures are amounts facilities reported releasing to air, water and land — they are not a measure of exposure, concentration or health risk.