Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PETROLITE CORP.
355 W. 2ND ST., BROUSSARD, LA, 70518
Parent company: PETROLITE CORP
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 | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Methanol | Cumene | Total (lbs) | |
| 1991 | 730 | 240 | 130 | 100 | 1,200 | |
| 1990 | 720 | 240 | — | 80 | 1,040 | |
| 1989 | 606 | 202 | — | 65 | 873 | |
| 1987 | — | — | 500 | — | 500 | |
▎ 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.