Chloroprene
Chloroprene at Denka Performance Elastomer LLC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Denka Performance Elastomer LLC
Total reported releases 71k lb fell modestly year over year (-8%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
560 HIGHWAY 44, La Place, Louisiana · 325212 · Chemicals
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Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Denka Performance Elastomer LLC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Chloroprene
Chloroprene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
1,4-Dichloro-2-butene
1,4-Dichloro-2-butene concentrations are up 11% since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
1,2-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichlorobenzene concentrations have more than doubled since 2016.
1,3-Butadiene
1,3-Butadiene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Nickel
Nickel concentrations have fallen 12% since 2016.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (19 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 29,581. Why we surface this →
36.5%
Low-income
69.2%
People of color
6.0%
Under age 5
13.9%
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.