PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Occidental Petroleum

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 80
Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 144,866
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 132,043
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 55,579,140
EJ: Near Poor Share: 36%
EJ: Minority Share: 65%

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This company is rank 32 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 66 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Hexachlorobenzene	13	0	20,640,000	37.14%
Vinyl chloride	11	0	15,795,000	28.42%
Acetaldehyde	511	0	4,036,900	7.26%
Bis(2-chloroethyl)ether	4	0	3,958,900	7.12%
1,2-Dichloroethane	30	0	2,757,300	4.96%
Chloroform	389	0	2,371,680	4.27%
Chromium compounds	15	0	1,875,000	3.37%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	1,052,997	1.89%
Lead	58	0	1,047,600	1.88%
Lead compounds	55	3	1,038,600	1.87%
Hexachloroethane	10	0	400,000	0.72%
Carbon tetrachloride	3	0	210,000	0.38%
Copper compounds	95	0	142,500	0.26%
Hexachloro-1,3-butadiene	10	0	78,000	0.14%
Nitrate compounds	86,126	0	54,259	0.10%
Dichloromethane	19	0	38,000	0.07%
Chlorine	3,462	0	34,622	0.06%
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	3	0	15,789	0.03%
Ethylene glycol	26,283	0	13,142	0.02%
Trichloroethylene	1	0	4,600	0.01%
Acetophenone	347	0	3,470	0.01%
Methanol	3,152	0	3,152	0.01%
Zinc compounds	669	0	2,208	0.00%
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene)	1	0	2,100	0.00%
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	0	0	2,000	0.00%
Chloromethane	1	0	1,300	0.00%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene)	1	0	20	0.00%
Cumene	0	0	1	0.00%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride)	1	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	23,597	132,040	0	0.00%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2019, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

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