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t VINYL CHLORIDE 4. PRODUCTION, IMPORT, USE, AND DISPOSAL 137 4.1 PRODUCTION Production of vinyl chloride monomer in the United States was approximately 13.75 billion pounds in 1993 (C&EN 1994; USITC 1994), an increase of nearly 22%. This exceeds the latest available U S. estimated total production capacity figures (beginning of 1993) of 12.79 billion pounds at the beginning of 1993 (SRI 1993) and represents a substantial recent increase in production and capacity, even if vinyl chloride production is at full capacity. Previously, vinyl chloride production had grown only 1-5% per year over the last 5 years (C&EN 1994). Over the last 10 years, vinyl chloride production has grown at an average rate of about 7%, not including the large increase in 1993, although production volumes were fairly volatile (C&EN 1994). Vinyl chloride is currently produced in the United States by 10 companies at 12 facilities, which are as follows (SRI 1994): Westlake Monomers Corporation in Calvert City, Kentucky; Borden Chemicals and Plastics in Geismar, Louisiana; Dow Chemical in Oyster Creek, Texas, and in Plaquemine. Louisiana; Georgia Gulf Corporation in Plaquemine, Louisiana; PPG Industries in Lake Charles, . -> l -K r ^- Louisiana; Vista Chemical Company in Lake Charles, Louisiana; B.F. Goodrich Company in LaPorte, ^ C Texas; Formosa Plastics Corporation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in Point Comfort. Texas; <T Lv Occidental Chemical Corporation in Deer Park, Texas; and Oxymar in Ingleside, Texas. Table 4-1 summarizes the facilities in the United States that manufacture or process vinyl chloride. This information was obtained from the 1992 Toxic Chemical Release Inventory (TRI92), and it summarizes the reported release data for 1992 (TRI92 1994). Table 4-1 also lists the maximum amounts of vinyl chloride that are present at these sites and the end uses of the vinyl chloride. Vinyl chloride was first produced commercially in the 1930s by reacting hydrogen chloride with acetylene. Currently, vinyl chloride is produced commercially by the chlorination of ethylene through one of two processes, direct chlorination or oxychlorination. Direct chlorination reacts ethylene with chlorine to produce 1,2-dichloroethane. Similarly, oxychlorination produces 1,2-dichloroethane, but this is accomplished by reacting ethylene with dry hydrogen chloride and oxygen. After both processes, the 1,2-dichloroethane is subjected to high pressures (2.5-3.0 megapascals) and temperatures "DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT*' CMA 112975 PRODUCTION, IMPORT, USE, AND DISPOSAL 'DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT' Table 4-1. Facilities That Manufacture or Process Vinyl Chloride Facility Location* Range of maximum amounts on site in pounds Activities and uses KEYSOR-CENTURY CORP. UNION CARBIDE CORP. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. GEORGIA GULF CORP. WESTLAKE PVC CORP. UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS -SF- GOODRICH ** Co. BORDEN CHEMICALS & PLASTICS -BF-GOODnicu -eo. > Cc . AIR PRODS. & CHEMICALS INC. WESTLAKE PVC CORP. WESTLAKE MONOMERS CORP. VULCAN MATERIALS CO. BORDEN CHEMICALS 4 PLASTICS PPG IND. INC. SAUGUS, CA TORRANCE, CA DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE CITY, PACE, FL TUCKER, GA HENRY, IL DE DE 1,000,000-9,999,999 10,000-99,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 100,000-999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 ILLIOPOLIS, IL LOUISVILLE, KY CALVERT CITY, KY CALVERT CITY, KY CALVERT CITY, KY GEISMAR, LA No Data 1,000,000-9,999,999 10,000-99,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 100,000-999,999 GEISMAR, LA No Data LAKE CHARLES, LA No Data CERTAINTEED CORP. VISTA CHEMICAL CO. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. SULPHUR, LA WESTLAKE, LA BATON ROUGE, LA ,000,000-9,999,999 No Data ,000,000-9,999,999 RHONE POULENC BASIC CHEMICALS DOW CHEMICAL CO. BATON ROUGE, LA PLAQUEMINE, LA 10,000-99,999 No Data As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant; -Ae a' product ciompancwfc As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant Produce; For sale/distribution Produce; For on-siteuse/processing; As a by-product; As a reactant Produce; For on-site use/processing; For sale/ distribution; As a reactant Produce; For sale/distribution; As a by-product; As an impurity; As a reactant As a reactant Produce; For sale/distribution Produce; For on-site use/processing; For sale/distribution; As a by-product; As a reactant Ancillary uses Produce; For sale/distribution; As a reactant; As a manufacturing aid; Ancillary uses (t O -J. O' 5"A,A > 6) " " /Vo 71 ; (i-f C l C- to CO c~vn| t V M. < n i r~ O 5 ofT Facility Table 4-1. Facilities That Manufacture or Process Vinyl Chloride (continued) Location* Range of maximum amounts on site in pounds Activities and uses < ci 5 5 om DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT**' <? BF GOODRICH CO > (Cpt-.V GEORGIA GULF CORP. PLAQUEMINE, LA PLAQUEMINE, LA 100,000 000,300 No Data UNION CARBIDE CORP. HAHNVILLE, LA MARINE SHALE PROCESSORS INC. AMELIA, LA OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. ADDIS, LA DOW CHEMICAL USA MIDLAND, MI MILES INC. KANSAS CITY, MO VISTA CHEMICAL CO. ABERDEEN, MS OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP.. & -BF-COODftiH"e>'^ Cat*** dc>. BURLINGTON, NJ PEDRICKTOWN, NJ GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. NIAGARA FALLS, NY VYGEN CORP. ASHTABULA, OH BF GOODRICH AVON LAKE > C-wCH CO. AVON LAKE, OH VISTA CHEMICAL CO. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. POTTSTOWN, PA GREENWOOD PLATING GREENWOOD, SC DOW CHEMICAL CO. FREEPORT, TX No Data 1,000-9,999 100,000-999,999 100,000-999,999 100,000-999,999 No Data 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 100,000-999,999 100,000-999,999 l)000j000 9,099,999" 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 No Data SHINTECH INC. FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP. FREEPORT, TX POINT COMFORT, TX No Data No Data UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. RHONE-POULENC BASIC CHEMICALS 0 (E.- GARLAND, TX TEXAS CITY, TX LA PORTE, TX HOUSTON, TX X 100,000-999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 1,000,000-9,999,999 10,000-99,999 ^ o- V j Ao a roaotant-- Produce; For on-site use/processing; For sale/distribution; As a reactant As a by-product As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant; Ancillary uses As a reactant As a reactant ft u ou rq o Z. As a reactant As a reactant s ?! As a reactant As a reactant, , As a reactant^u.'- . r r -f t; V As a reactant As a reactant As a product component Produce; As a by-product; As an impurity; As a reactant; As a chemical processing aid Import; For on-site use/processing; As a reactant {/) ?! 0>r~) Produce; For on-site use/processing; As a by-product; As a reactant As a reactant As a reactant Ancillary uses Ancillary uses tXcT OitxXi-vC <&- Olcfoz, O 2 > to to -V) O-c '-w -vj k r\A H 't's. \,m1* V fVS.' * ,***.('( vs :v * .atuvM C~-|J (T>' *kCe , ^ '-:Nj (A oil'U. --'X xC- ^/V / u PRODUCTION, IMPORT, USE, AND DISPOSAL Table 4-1. Facilities That Manufacture or Process Vinyl Chloride (continued) Facility Location* Range of maximum amounts on site in pounds Activities and uses OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. 6F -GOODRICH C0.> C M Cc-, OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. GEON CO. v-' OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. BONDCOTE CORP. PASADENA, TX DEER PARK, TX DEER PARK, TX LA PORTE, TX GREGORY, TX PULASKI, VA No Data 1,000,000-9,999,999 No Data No Data No Data 100,000-999,999 As a reactant As a reactant Produce; For sale/distribution Produce; For sale/distribution Produce; For sale/distribution As a formulation component o 3>> 3 o Source: TRI92 1994 3) Tl * Post office state abbreviation used C ID O O O 2 m2 (J; " " " " " , S#*1 Ci t tVA- < Z-< 0 rO1X* Dm o f ro to