Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
THE DOW CHEMICAL CO GRAND BAYOU OPERATIONS
875 LOUISIANA HWY 70 SOUTH, PAINCOURTVILLE, LA, 70341
Parent company: DOW INC
Carcinogen
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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 | Ethylene | Cyclohexane | Benzene | Propylene | Toluene | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | 280 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | 280 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 583 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | 583 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | 606 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | 909 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 793 |
| 2017 | 11,911 | — | 554 | 659 | 1,310 | 15,909 |
| 2016 | 12,249 | — | 519 | 660 | 1,203 | 16,193 |
| 2015 | 13,062 | — | 470 | 553 | 1,250 | 15,986 |
| 2014 | 13,337 | — | 447 | 831 | 786 | 16,022 |
| 2013 | 12,394 | — | 400 | 635 | 1,100 | 16,063 |
| 2012 | 12,605 | — | 426 | 561 | 61 | 14,017 |
| 2011 | 12,692 | — | 533 | 6,061 | 76 | 19,814 |
| 2010 | 12,214 | — | 442 | 539 | 63 | 13,664 |
| 2009 | 12,377 | — | 476 | 610 | 66 | 13,979 |
| 2008 | 13,007 | — | 430 | 535 | 62 | 14,394 |
| 2007 | 12,255 | — | 206 | 221 | 32 | 12,820 |
| 2006 | 17,132 | — | 1,199 | 848 | 164 | 19,727 |
| 2005 | 15,790 | 2 | 1,271 | 1,028 | 183 | 18,626 |
| 2004 | 14,007 | 2 | 729 | 6,207 | 109 | 21,559 |
| 2003 | 13,359 | 2 | 651 | 9,931 | 98 | 24,503 |
| 2002 | 20,957 | — | 373 | 392 | 212 | 22,839 |
| 2001 | 4,652 | — | 308 | 436 | 203 | 5,660 |
| 2000 | 55 | 2 | 17 | 541 | 15 | 643 |
| 1999 | 65 | 1 | 15 | 390 | 13 | 497 |
| 1998 | 1,900 | 2 | 12 | 434 | 18 | 2,394 |
| 1997 | 1,600 | 2 | 13 | 481 | 13 | 2,132 |
| 1996 | — | 26 | 731 | 2,601 | 21 | 4,096 |
| 1995 | — | 420 | 115 | 2,696 | 110 | 5,018 |
| 1994 | — | 3,980 | 1,510 | 6,740 | 2,070 | 15,980 |
| 1993 | 4,100 | 13,600 | 11,540 | 9,200 | 5,780 | 48,490 |
| 1992 | 2,130 | 8,360 | 7,180 | 6,800 | 3,640 | 31,180 |
| 1991 | — | 25,270 | 21,230 | 10,900 | 11,053 | 76,208 |
| 1990 | — | 23,770 | 20,360 | 562 | 10,150 | 67,070 |
| 1989 | — | 21,070 | 18,060 | 642 | 8,930 | 54,651 |
| 1988 | — | 2,770 | — | 722 | 1,230 | 5,122 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 13,000 | — | 13,000 |
▎ 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.