Chloromethane

CAS Number: 74-87-3

Release Summary

Total Releases
1.0M lbs
Number of Facilities
57
Carcinogen
No
Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxicant
No

Top Releasing Facilities

Facilities with the largest reported releases of Chloromethane. Up to 50 shown.

# Facility Release (lbs)
1 OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP 229.3K lbs
2 EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO TEXAS OPERATIONS 176.7K lbs
3 EXXONMOBIL BAYTOWN CHEMICAL PLANT (PART) 173.2K lbs
4 BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP 66.8K lbs
5 INTERNATIONAL PAPER GEORGETOWN MILL 53.8K lbs
6 SUZANO PACKAGING 45.4K lbs
7 GEORGIA-PACIFIC MONTICELLO LLC 42.0K lbs
8 NOURYON SURFACE CHEMISTRY LLC 35.8K lbs
9 EES COKE BATTERY LLC 30.0K lbs
10 INTERNATIONAL PAPER RIEGELWOOD MILL 29.4K lbs
11 FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP TEXAS 14.7K lbs
12 EXXONMOBIL BATON ROUGE CHEMICAL PLANT (PART) 14.5K lbs
13 SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA LLC 14.0K lbs
14 CHEMTALL INCORPORATED; FLOCRYL LLC 10.7K lbs
15 DOW SILICONES CORP 10.4K lbs
16 ARXADA LLC 10.0K lbs
17 BASF CORP - BEAUMONT 9.4K lbs
18 OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL HOLDING CORP - GEISMAR PLANT 8.1K lbs
19 EVONIK CORP 7.0K lbs
20 NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 1 LLC MIDLAND 5.9K lbs
21 ALBEMARLE U.S. INC. 5.1K lbs
22 PLAQUEMINE METHOCEL 3.2K lbs
23 MPM SILICONES LLC 2.8K lbs
24 EVONIK CORP 2.8K lbs
25 PMC ORGANOMETALLIX INC. 2.3K lbs
26 FREEPORT_OLIN BC 2.2K lbs
27 BLUE CUBE OPERATIONS LLC - PLAQUEMINE SITE 1.9K lbs
28 KETJEN PASADENA PLANT 1.8K lbs
29 DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US LLC 1.6K lbs
30 THE DOW CHEMICAL CO - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS 1.6K lbs
31 EVONIK INDUSTRIES 1.4K lbs
32 GALATA CHEMICALS LLC - GALATA TAFT FACILITY 1.3K lbs
33 THE DOW CHEMICAL CO 810 lbs
34 SACHEM INC 612 lbs
35 BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH INC. 600 lbs
36 SANTOLUBES MANUFACTURING LLC 500 lbs
37 AMVAC CHEMICAL CO 489 lbs
38 HPC HOLDINGS INC 382 lbs
39 LINDE GAS & EQUIPMENT 274 lbs
40 COVESTRO LLC 196 lbs
41 BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP 172 lbs
42 CRODA INC 165 lbs
43 SOLVAY USA LLC 123 lbs
44 SHINTECH LOUISIANA LLC - ADDIS PLANT A 20 lbs
45 SHINTECH PLAQUEMINE PLANT 19 lbs
46 FUTUREFUEL CHEMICAL CO 11 lbs
47 CHEMTRADE REFINERY SOLUTIONS LP 10 lbs
48 RHO CHEMICAL CO. INC. 10 lbs
49 TREMCO CPG MANUFACTURING CORP. CORSICANA FACILITY 10 lbs
50 NEXPERA - MORSES MILL 1 lbs

Health Information

Data comes from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. Release quantities are self-reported by facilities and may represent estimates. The total shown aggregates reports across all facilities and reporting years.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. The presence of a chemical in the TRI database does not by itself indicate a health risk at current exposure levels. For health-related questions about specific chemical exposures, consult your local health agency or a toxicologist.