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Environmental Release Report: BP TEXAS CITY REFY.
 
 
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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 Ozone Depleting Potential
    • Top Ranked Ozone Depleting Chemical:CHLOROTRIFLUOROMETHANE
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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:LEAD
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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 143,638 925
    Suspected Carcinogens 25,641 19,000
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 302,079 194,303
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 135,963 565
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 351,682 105,260
    Suspected Endocrine Toxicants 153,803 495
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 230,276 3,465
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 262,230 121,130
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 443,472 134,825
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 236,800
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 905,116 137,643
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 119,913 465
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 255,445 20,330
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 873,903 140,203
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 627,577 34,825

    *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 1,185,180 7,103 69,841 6,800,000 8,062,124 10,858,532 NA
    1989 856,720 2,760 202,700 9,230,000 10,292,180 3,978,238 NA
    1990 886,555 88,695 1,124,669 9,166,000 11,265,919 262,581 NA
    1991 747,759 144,900 244,471 7,937,000 9,074,130 241,215 12,224,918
    1992 653,139 296,030 4,681,967 11,203,000 16,834,136 596,252 26,725,172
    1993 648,689 227,374 154,671 12,166,000 13,196,734 363,745 23,287,604
    1994 631,001 61,236 48,878 1,744,800 2,485,915 349,569 9,418,010
    1995 626,130 161,032 590 1,880,700 2,668,452 433,676 8,513,846
    1996 2,963,304 153,517 27,309 2,071,700 5,215,830 237,356 12,071,272
    1997 3,061,400 156,119 4,591 2,028,800 5,250,910 650,728 13,157,705
    1998 3,320,030 89,290 1,065 2,220,858 5,631,243 278,020 13,511,976
    1999 3,630,351 98,818 1,196 2,497,500 6,227,865 46,287 13,771,113
    2000 3,743,851 118,751 74 2,217,777 6,080,453 884,356 15,050,555
    2001 3,558,674 210,435 0 1,785,346 5,554,455 624,393 11,458,806
    2002 1,218,984 232,343 0 3,598,390 5,049,717 451,742 12,351,461
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: BP TEXAS CITY REFY.
    Mailing Address: 2401 5TH AVE. S., TEXAS CITY, TX 77590
    Public Contact: DAN LUTZ
    Phone: (409) 945-1502
    SIC Code: 29 Petroleum And Coal Products
    2002 Parent Company: BP AMERICA INC.
    Latitude: 29.34968
    Longitude: -94.92927
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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

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