Facility detail

EL PASO MERCHANT ENERGY PETROLEUM CO

1835 N TOPEKA, EL DORADO, KS, 67042

Parent company: EL PASO CORP

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Toluene Ammonia Xylene (mixed isomers) Benzene Cyclohexane Total (lbs)
2000 — — — — — 0
1998 384 — 136 — — 688
1994 250 — 250 250 145 926
1993 1,650 — 545 1,105 1,145 4,870
1992 1,645 43,412 2,545 2,205 2,760 58,077
1991 2,041 — 2,084 1,371 5,991 15,547
1990 19,412 500 7,837 5,696 — 37,233
1989 19,471 500 7,693 5,935 — 37,465
1988 — — 500 2,818 — 3,318
1987 322 — — — — 322

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.