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RCRA DEFINED, LARGE QUANTITY GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, 1999
REplace Numbers -- Texas -907; Illinois -- 1,006; New Jersey -
1,071; Pennsylvania - 965
New York- 2,647
California -- 1,850
Ohio -- 1,181
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US Total: 20,316
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Source: U.S. EPA, The National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report
(Based on 1999 Data), Exhibit 1
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In 1991 more than 80 percent of the industrial hazardous waste generated in Texas was from facilities in Harris, Galveston, Brazoria, Nueces, and
Harrison counties.* By 1999 these five counties still accounted for 81 percent of all hazardous waste generated (REPLACE FOOTNOTE: TNRCC, Trends
in Texas Hazardous Waste Management Based on 1999 Data (2001), Table 2)..* Most hazardous waste in Texas is generated by two
industrial sectors that are located in these Gulf Coast areas: petroleum refining, and chemicals and allied products. For example, in 1987 these two
industrial classifications accounted for 76 percent of all waste generated. By 1999 they accounted for more than 93 percent and in 2001 preliminary
data shows they accounted for more than 90 percent (REPLACE FOOTNOTE:TCEQ, Trends in Texas Hazardous Waste Management Based on
1999 Data (2002), Figure 2 and Joseph Walton, Waste Planning and Assessment, TCEQ, September 22, 2003) * Most of the increase
between 1987 and 1999 was due to changes in the definition of hazardous waste in Texas having to do with which wastewaters are considered
hazardous, since these industries produce large volumes of wastewater.*
The top ten generators of hazardous waste in Texas produced 73 percent of all hazardous waste in Texas in 2001
(REPLACE FOOTNOTE:Joseph Walton, Waste Assessment and Planning, TCEQ, September 22, 2003).* In fact, 99 percent of all hazardous waste generated in 1999 in Texas
was produced by 69 of the some 9,000 facilities required to report to the TCEQ(REPLACE FOOTNOTE:Joseph Walton, Waste Assessment and Planning, TCEQ, September 22, 2003).* Still, the volume—how much you produce—does not necessarily correspond to how hazardous the waste
stream is to human health and the environment, and many of the large companies did significantly reduce hazardous waste generation between 1991 and 2001.* For example, between 1999 and 2001, two large companies separated their wastewater containing hazardous waste from wastewater not
containing wastewater, significantly reducing the total volume of hazardous wastewater that required special treatment.
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THE TOP 25 FACILITIES PRODUCING HAZARDOUS WASTE IN 1995, 1999 AND 2001 (ELIMINATE THIRD COLUMN)
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RANKING
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COMPANY
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COUNTY
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MILLIONS OF TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, 2001
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MILLIONS OF TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, 1999
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MILLIONS OF TONS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, 1995
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1
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Solutia Chocolate Bayou Plant (formerly Monsanto Co.)
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Brazoria
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8.0
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5.5
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5.5
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2
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Dow Texas Freeport Operations
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Brazoria
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6.7
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8.3
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9.3
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3
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Lyondell-CITGO Refining Company
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Harris
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4.2
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5.5
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6.2
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4
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Crown Central Petroleum
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Harris
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3.1
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3.3
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3.1
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5
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Clean Harbors Deer Park (formerly Safety Kleen)
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Harris
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2.5
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2.4
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2.2
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6
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Chevron USA Products Co.
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El Paso
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2.4
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2.9
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1.0
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7
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Air Products, Inc. -- Pasadena Steam Methane Reformer
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Harris
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2.2
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2.7
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3.0
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8
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Dow Chemical La Porte Plant
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Harris
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2.2
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1.8
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1.8
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9
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BP Products (formerly Amoco)
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Galveston
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2.0
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2.5
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18.0
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10
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Rhodia Inc. (formerly Rhone Poulenc)
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Harris
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1.3
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1.2
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0.8
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11
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Diamond Shamrock Refining Mckee Refinery
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Moore
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1.3
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1.3
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1.5
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12
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BP Chemicals Inc Green Lake Complex
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Calhoun
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1.1
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1.0
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0.9
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13
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Eastman Chemical Co.
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Gregg
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1.0
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1.3
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6.2
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14
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Lyondell Chemical Channelview
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Harris
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0.9
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1.3
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2.9
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15
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E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. Victoria Plant
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Victoria
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0.9
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1.6
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4.5
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16
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Oxy Vinyls LP Deer Park VCM Plant (formerly Occidental Chemical)
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Harris
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0.9
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0.8
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0.8
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17
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Sterling Chemicals
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Galveston
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0.8
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3.5
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2.2
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18
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BASF Freeport
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Brazoria
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0.7
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0.5
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0.5
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19
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E.I. Dupont Sabine River Works
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Orange
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0.6
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3.0
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0.8
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20
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Merisol/Merichem
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Harris
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0.5
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0.5
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0.5
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21
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Onyx Environmental Services
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Jefferson
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0.3
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0.8
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NA
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22
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Multilayer Tek
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Travis
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0.2
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0.6
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NA
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23
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ISP Technologies
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Galveston
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0.2
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0.2
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0.1
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24
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Rhodia Inc. (formerly Rhone-Poulenc) HARRIS
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HaHaHarrisrris
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0.2
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0.2
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0.1
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25
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Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals
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Harris
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0.2
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0.1
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NA
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Top 25 in 2001
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44.3
(94%)
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Total in 2001
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47.4
(100%)
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Notes: NR = not reporting in 1995. Several companies changed names or ownership
between 1995 and 2001. Because definitions of hazardous waste changed between 1995 and 1999, the volume of waste is not always directly comparable and reductions
could be due to definitional changes.
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Source: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Waste Ranking Report 1995, 1999 and 2001, Industrial Solid Waste System.
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