WEST VIRGINIA
The 25 Facilities in West Virginia storing the largest amounts of extremely hazardous substances.*
Facility Name City Maximum amount in a single process (lbs) Chemical
1 DUPONT WASHINGTON WORKS

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PARKERSBURG 28,000,000 Formaldehyde (solution)
2 DUPONT BELLE PLANT BELLE 20,000,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
3 LYONDELL NORTH CHARLESTON DISTRIBUTION TERMINAL CHARLESTON 9,763,000 Propylene oxide
4 NORTH CHARLESTON DISTRIBUTION TERMINAL CHARLESTON 5,606,940 Vinyl acetate monomer
5 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., NATRIUM NEW MARTINSVILLE 4,717,755 Carbon disulfide
6 GE PLASTICS - WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 3,700,000 Acrylonitrile
7 BAYER CORPORATION - NEW MARTINSVILLE PLANT NEW MARTINSVILLE 3,000,000 Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer)
8 LYONDELL SOUTH CHARLESTON PLANT SOUTH CHARLESTON 2,275,000 Propylene oxide
9 UNION CARBIDE INSTITUTE PLANT INSTITUTE 1,744,200 Ethylene oxide
10 P. B. & S. CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (64) ST. ALBANS 1,247,444 Chlorine
11 FMC CORPORATION - NITRO, WV PLANT NITRO 750,000 Phosphorus trichloride
12 CLEARON CORP. SOUTH CHARLESTON 720,000 Chlorine
13 RHONE POULENC INSTITUTE PLANT INSTITUTE 670,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
14 FLEXSYS NITRO PLANT NITRO 430,000 Carbon disulfide
15 AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS, INC. GALLIPOLIS FERRY 400,000 Phosphorus trichloride
16 TANNER INDUSTRIES, INC. KENOVA 336,000 Ammonia (anhydrous)
17 CITY OF WHEELING WATER POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITY WHEELING 220,000 Chlorine
18 WITCO CORPORATION, SISTERSVILLE PLANT FRIENDLY 200,000 Acrylonitrile
19 LYONDELL ACN RAILCAR AT UCC MASSEY RAILYARD SOUTH CHARLESTON 190,000 Acrylonitrile
20 TANNER INDUSTRIES, INC. MORGANTOWN 180,230 Ammonia (anhydrous)
21 CYTEC INDUSTRIES, WILLOW ISLAND PLANT WILLOW ISLAND 180,000 Hydrochloric acid (conc >=37%)
22 UNION CARBIDE SOUTH CHARLESTON PLANT SOUTH CHARLESTON 161,000 Formaldehyde (solution)
23 GE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC. MORGANTOWN SOUTH PLANT MORGANTOWN 146,000 Phosphorus trichloride
24 GE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS INC. MORGANTOWN NORTH PLANT MORGANTOWN 146,000 Phosphorus trichloride
25 CENTURY ALUMINUM OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC. RAVENSWOOD 110,000 Chlorine
*Extremely hazardous substances as defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act, Section 112(r).




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