Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds at Chemical Waste Management - La Ke Charles Facility have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Chemical Waste Management - La Ke Charles Facility
Total reported releases 3.9M lb fell meaningfully year over year (-24%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 20% since 2010.
7170 JOHN BRANNON RD, Sulphur, Louisiana · 562211 · Hazardous Waste · operated by Waste Management INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
N450
N450 releases at Chemical Waste Management - La Ke Charles Facility fell from 281k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
0007439921
0007439921 releases at Chemical Waste Management - La Ke Charles Facility fell from 38k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Molybdenum trioxide
Molybdenum trioxide releases at Chemical Waste Management - La Ke Charles Facility fell from 205k lb to 84k lb (59% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms)
Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) concentrations have more than halved since 2016.
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Atrazine
Atrazine concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Simazine
Simazine concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Asbestos (friable)
Asbestos (friable) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Molybdenum trioxide
Molybdenum trioxide concentrations have fallen 24% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,185. Why we surface this →
32.4%
Low-income
1.6%
People of color
4.5%
Under age 5
24.7%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.