Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Equistar Chemicals Lp-Matagorda Facility have risen 85% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Equistar Chemicals Lp-Matagorda Facility
Total reported releases 169k lb rose modestly year over year (+9%). Total releases concentrations are up 85% since 2010.
17042 STATE HWY 60 S, Bay City, Texas · 325211 · Chemicals · operated by Lyondellbasell Finance Co
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Notable Signals
n-Hexane
n-Hexane at Equistar Chemicals Lp-Matagorda Facility have risen 74% since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are up 74% since 2010.
Ethylene
Ethylene concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Titanium tetrachloride
Titanium tetrachloride concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Matagorda County County, TX (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 36,251. Why we surface this →
21.8%
Low-income
58.6%
People of color
6.6%
Under age 5
17.4%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.