Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
THE DOW CHEMICAL CO - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS
21255 LA HWY 1 S, PLAQUEMINE, LA, 70764
Parent company: DOW INC
Carcinogen
PBT
— 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 | Sodium sulfate (solution) | Ammonia | Ethylene | Asbestos (friable) | Cyclohexane | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | 1,194,760 | 535,104 | 43,757 | 413 | 1,993,680 |
| 2023 | — | 1,168,710 | 622,186 | 116,951 | 409 | 2,123,901 |
| 2022 | — | 1,277,880 | 580,835 | 217,738 | 404 | 2,208,824 |
| 2021 | — | 1,307,033 | 519,219 | 516,304 | 840 | 2,512,237 |
| 2020 | — | 1,237,177 | 481,691 | 28,695 | 721 | 1,954,375 |
| 2019 | — | 1,315,030 | 502,040 | 14,320 | 885 | 2,095,458 |
| 2018 | — | 1,150,556 | 547,666 | 43,200 | 560 | 2,191,815 |
| 2017 | — | 1,116,539 | 444,299 | 159,200 | 556 | 2,245,156 |
| 2016 | — | 1,157,688 | 415,020 | 280,000 | 469 | 2,318,552 |
| 2015 | — | 1,127,611 | 410,076 | 84,800 | 754 | 2,157,638 |
| 2014 | — | 1,168,887 | 428,247 | 412,717 | 1,011 | 2,822,370 |
| 2013 | — | 1,221,398 | 378,299 | 289,771 | 644 | 2,795,645 |
| 2012 | — | 1,185,443 | 366,170 | 469,203 | 1,014 | 3,082,629 |
| 2011 | — | 1,088,162 | 356,626 | 343,027 | 95,567 | 2,915,343 |
| 2010 | — | 1,104,509 | 325,559 | 284,486 | 321,565 | 2,677,959 |
| 2009 | — | 1,085,778 | 319,260 | 544,114 | 303,839 | 2,980,182 |
| 2008 | — | 1,052,186 | 271,969 | 543,263 | 240,860 | 2,957,075 |
| 2007 | — | 1,049,144 | 324,639 | 1,254,489 | 303,497 | 4,046,801 |
| 2006 | — | 90,683 | 328,665 | 1,388,459 | 344,760 | 3,607,538 |
| 2005 | — | 99,460 | 402,794 | 171,940 | 290,703 | 1,578,811 |
| 2004 | — | 82,830 | 502,856 | 489,478 | 349,392 | 2,092,151 |
| 2003 | — | 138,687 | 461,011 | 456,297 | 280,892 | 1,876,912 |
| 2002 | — | 70,425 | 306,830 | 256,122 | 319,983 | 1,579,005 |
| 2001 | — | 70,312 | 398,422 | 664,418 | 303,761 | 1,987,428 |
| 2000 | — | 59,627 | 532,676 | 617,803 | 374,615 | 2,370,511 |
| 1999 | — | 64,656 | 572,000 | 326,000 | 326,500 | 2,025,470 |
| 1998 | — | 70,920 | 607,000 | 606,000 | 238,000 | 2,269,163 |
| 1997 | — | 55,330 | 630,000 | 504,000 | 265,300 | 2,276,408 |
| 1996 | — | 56,150 | 585,400 | 387,300 | 274,200 | 2,082,059 |
| 1995 | — | 104,240 | 580,700 | 127,111 | 253,890 | 2,076,563 |
| 1994 | — | 107,249 | 746,000 | 288,001 | 155,000 | 2,642,045 |
| 1993 | — | 501,340 | 675,000 | 470,000 | 165,000 | 3,866,291 |
| 1992 | — | 275,800 | 1,680,000 | 170,000 | 78,000 | 3,913,959 |
| 1991 | — | 135,800 | 1,350,000 | 250,002 | 39,000 | 4,338,017 |
| 1990 | — | 220,000 | 770,000 | 300,005 | 15,040 | 2,675,082 |
| 1989 | — | 278,000 | 1,168,000 | 240,000 | 6,110 | 4,754,691 |
| 1988 | — | 493,000 | — | — | — | 2,942,489 |
| 1987 | 36,000,000 | — | 846,000 | — | 405 | 38,215,818 |
▎ 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.