Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Valero Refining CO - Tennessee L.L.C. have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Valero Refining CO - Tennessee L.L.C.
Total reported releases 194k lb rose modestly year over year (+6%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
2385 RIVERPORT ROAD, Memphis, Tennessee · 324110 · Petroleum · operated by Valero Energy CORP
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Hydrogen cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide concentrations have more than halved since 2013.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Propylene
Propylene concentrations have fallen 45% since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have fallen 19% since 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations are up 65% since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (33 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 31,317. Why we surface this →
71.9%
Low-income
97.6%
People of color
7.1%
Under age 5
17.1%
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.