Methanol
Methanol releases at Koch Methanol St. James LLC rose from 48k lb to 92k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 219k lb more than doubled year over year (+87%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2021.
6856 LA HWY 3127, Saint James, Louisiana · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Koch INC
Methanol releases at Koch Methanol St. James LLC rose from 48k lb to 92k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Ammonia releases at Koch Methanol St. James LLC rose from 69k lb to 126k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2021.
Methanol concentrations are up 81% since 2021.
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 471. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.