Equistar Chemicals LP
Total reported releases 220k lb fell meaningfully year over year (-19%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
1501 MCKINZIE RD, Corpus Christi, Texas · 325110 · Chemicals · operated by Lyondellbasell Finance Co
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Ethylene
Ethylene concentrations are up 37% since 2010.
Propylene
Propylene concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
1,3-Butadiene
1,3-Butadiene concentrations have fallen 11% since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are up 59% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (9 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 16,191. 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.