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Environmental Release Report: CHALMETTE REFINING L.L.C.
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
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    *Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
    • Top Ranked Cancer Risk:BENZENE
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    Top Ranked Noncancer Risk:MERCURY COMPOUNDS
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 166,961 240
    Suspected Carcinogens 19,343 60
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 713,505 250,629
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 287,287 253
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 423,557 197
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 166,430 190
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 664,570 2,978
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 550,445 305
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 946,509 1,849
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 70,110
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,054,206 1,828
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 125,274 186
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 762,795 1,650
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,145,271 4,504
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 957,599 1,866

    *Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below.
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  • What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm
    • Air Releases
    6 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    218 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
    Water Releases
    5 TRI chems released to water in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    172 TRI chemicals released to water in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
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  • TRI Data Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    1988 954,330 2,531 0 4,281,000 5,237,861 540,834 NA
    1989 708,330 1,083 0 3,986,307 4,695,720 2,250 NA
    1990 973,100 3,450 0 4,390,600 5,367,150 54,032 NA
    1991 582,748 10,623 0 3,269,610 3,862,981 11,598 8,943,150
    1992 483,949 15,300 0 55,885 555,134 61,560 4,264,035
    1993 530,593 17,292 0 0 547,885 5,639 4,131,914
    1994 487,124 7,038 0 0 494,162 87,977 13,974,864
    1995 472,283 145,034 0 0 617,317 2,841 5,152,297
    1996 373,558 206,474 0 0 580,032 5,542 5,800,187
    1997 345,671 229,876 0 0 575,547 54,880 6,337,695
    1998 409,985 144,844 0 0 554,829 4,020 6,966,226
    1999 459,721 198,698 0 0 658,419 132,282 63,203,197
    2000 591,147 160,237 0 0 751,384 66,789 8,730,947
    2001 715,262 235,833 0 0 951,095 223,900 10,516,439
    2002 1,161,522 254,666 0 0 1,416,188 66,967 8,480,358
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Dioxin Compounds Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    2000 .24 0 0 0 .24 0 .2
    2001 .25 0 0 0 .25 0 .25
    2002 .27 0 0 0 .27 0 .27
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: CHALMETTE REFINING L.L.C.
    Mailing Address: 500 W. ST. BERNARD HWY., CHALMETTE, LA 70043
    Public Contact: BARBARA LEATHERWOOD
    Phone: (504) 281-1377
    SIC Code: 29 Petroleum And Coal Products
    2002 Parent Company: NA
    Latitude: 29.92983
    Longitude: -89.95089
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  • Links

    • See EPA Envirofacts report for this facility for information about regulatory compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and permitted air and water emissions.
    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

    Information about whether this facility is in compliance with applicable environmental laws is available from EPA's Sector Facility Indexing Project:

    Scorecard's report for ST. BERNARD County on:
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