Trends Report Highlights: County Analysis

2005-2007 Trends Report Highlights

The table below presents, by county, the quantity of Priority Chemicals (PCs) reported by facilities for 2005 to 2007. For 2007, facilities in each of 13 counties (located in eight states) accounted for at least 1 million pounds of PCs and represented approximately 55 percent of the total quantity of PCs generated.

For 2007, facilities in several of the counties reported a significant portion of two or more of the PCs generated in 2007, including:

Ascension County in Louisiana:

41.1 % of the hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
24.2 % of the hexachloroethane

Calcasieu County in Louisiana:

30.1 % of the hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
89.3 % of the 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
49.2 % of the pentachlorobenzene

Hancock County in Kentucky:

25.2 % of the polycyclic aromatic compounds
38.4 % of the benzo(g,h,i)perylene

Iberville County in Louisiana:

78.8 % of the hexachlorobenzene
73.2 % of the phenanthrene
53.3 % of the hexachloroethane
39.8 % of the pentachlorobenzene
32.7 % of the mercury and mercury compounds
28.8 % of the hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
24.9 % of the dioxin and dioxin-like compounds

EPA Region	State	County	Number of Facilities Reporting PCs (2007)	Quantity (pounds)			Change in Quantity (2005–2007)	Percent of Total PC Quantity (2007)
EPA Region	State	County	Number of Facilities Reporting PCs (2007)	2005	2006	2007	Change in Quantity (2005–2007)	Percent of Total PC Quantity (2007)
6	LA	Iberville	6	10,040,735	9,872,308	12,910,950	2,870,215	15.2%
6	LA	Calcasieu	12	6,085,800	6,466,822	6,898,836	813,036	8.1%
6	LA	Ascension	5	5,794,545	4,756,953	5,918,049	123,504	7.0%
6	TX	Orange	6	16,350	29,358	3,341,944	3,325,594	3.9%
4	KY	Hancock	5	2,508,135	3,362,961	3,320,032	811,897	3.9%
9	CA	Los Angeles	104	2,333,612	2,319,087	2,382,728	49,116	2.8%
4	AL	Pike	2	2,107,678	2,274,578	2,356,626	248,948	2.8%
5	IN	Marion	24	2,345,829	2,136,231	2,137,523	-208,305	2.5%
6	TX	Jefferson	15	4,607,869	1,940,598	1,815,150	-2,792,720	2.1%
3	PA	Berks	13	1,451,716	1,506,633	1,796,115	344,399	2.1%
7	MO	Iron	1	1,691,895	1,499,007	1,776,655	84,760	2.1%
6	TX	Brazoria	9	3,204,727	1,285,187	1,077,056	-2,127,671	1.3%
6	TX	Harris	70	3,312,505	2,993,731	1,049,177	-2,263,328	1.2%
7	IA	Muscatine	3	873,033	979,404	968,333	95,300	1.1%
3	WV	Kanawha	5	706,036	933,610	958,736	252,700	1.1%
5	IN	Whitley	4	726,986	925,574	922,717	195,731	1.1%
4	AL	Mobile	10	1,033,235	1,085,872	872,461	-160,774	1.0%
7	NE	Jefferson	1	690,644	923,845	834,399	143,755	1.0%
5	IL	Madison	15	494,387	567,540	777,160	282,774	0.9%
4	AL	Jefferson	24	1,453,853	935,962	719,740	-734,112	0.8%
6	OK	Mayes	5	2,364	623,443	692,178	689,815	0.8%
3	PA	Allegheny	23	546,203	463,086	668,930	122,727	0.8%
10	OR	Yamhill	6	457,324	517,411	596,573	139,249	0.7%
6	LA	East Baton Rouge	9	653,361	603,959	595,993	-57,368	0.7%
5	IN	Delaware	5	640,347	525,974	583,653	-56,694	0.7%
7	NE	Stanton	1	301,767	564,467	583,236	281,469	0.7%
4	KY	Fulton	2	524,952	543,739	567,783	42,831	0.7%
8	UT	Box Elder	2	731,467	511,349	537,495	-193,971	0.6%
4	GA	Lowndes	4	4,634	18,493	525,125	520,491	0.6%
5	IN	Lake	21	656,949	519,555	523,542	-133,407	0.6%
3	PA	Beaver	11	360,170	645,992	515,513	155,343	0.6%
	WV	Brooke	6	730,488	568,359	502,194	-228,295	0.6%
6	AR	Franklin	1	371,159	462,841	459,506	88,347	0.5%
5	MI	Wayne	29	1,741,479	440,468	451,271	-1,290,208	0.5%
5	IN	Hancock	2	85,735	705,388	445,100	359,365	0.5%
5	OH	Stark	13	443,734	454,329	421,548	-22,186	0.5%
6	AR	Mississippi	2	291,886	435,690	417,098	125,211	0.5%
5	IL	Cook	112	326,316	305,676	408,865	82,549	0.5%
10	ID	Caribou	3	110,437	381,804	386,287	275,850	0.5%
2	NJ	Middlesex	24	403,552	312,374	379,477	-24,075	0.4%
6	OK	Custer	1	0	0	343,480	343,480	0.4%
4	NC	Hertford	1	344,755	457,556	340,634	-4,121	0.4%
4	SC	Berkeley	5	328,947	230,664	338,852	9,905	0.4%
4	MS	Hinds	5	276,323	334,881	336,014	59,691	0.4%
4	AL	Tuscaloosa	9	236,367	234,878	332,524	96,157	0.4%
6	AR	Pope	2	628,392	870,098	325,799	-302,593	0.4%
6	AR	Lonoke	1	493,770	718,093	318,730	-175,040	0.4%
3	VA	Roanoke (city)	1	349,325	362,430	316,994	-32,331	0.4%
5	IN	Hendricks	3	186,759	288,781	309,172	122,413	0.4%
4	NC	Burke	1	1,013,052	365,239	295,863	-717,189	0.3%
5	MN	Dakota	4	271,520	262,033	295,280	23,761	0.3%
10	WA	Spokane	12	343,102	344,225	289,538	-53,564	0.3%
5	IL	Peoria	5	238,388	283,587	288,035	49,647	0.3%
5	IN	De Kalb	8	267,297	305,037	287,980	20,683	0.3%
6	TX	Collin	7	241,722	332,175	258,454	16,732	0.3%
Total			680	66,083,608	61,789,331	67,773,104	1,689,496	79.9%

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