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Trends Report Highlights: County Analysis
2004-2006 Trends Report Highlights
The table below presents, by county, the quantity of Priority Chemicals (PCs) reported by facilities for 2004 to 2006. For 2006, facilities in each of 12 counties (located in eight states) accounted for at least 1 million pounds of PCs and represented approximately 44 percent of the total quantity of PCs generated.
For 2006, facilities in several of the counties reported a significant portion of two or more of the PCs generated in 2006, including:
Ascension County in Louisiana:
- 52.7% of the hexachloroethane
- 49.5 % of the hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
Brazoria County in Texas:
- 85.2% of the anthracene
- 30.7 % of the hexachlorobenzene
Calcasieu County in Louisiana:
- 94.9 % of the 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
- 82.7 % of the pentachlorobenzene
- 49.5 % of the hexachloro-1,3-butadiene
- 45.5% of the hexachlorobenzene
Hancock County in Kentucky:
- 49.8 % of the phenanthrene
- 33.2 % of the benzo(g,h,i)perylene
- 26.7 % of the polycyclic aromatic compounds
Harris County in Texas:
- 100.0% of the heptachlor
- 100.0% of the methoxychlor
- 79.3 % of the dibenzofuran
- 18.4 % of the dioxins
- 12.3 % of the naphthalene
- 7.7% of the PACs
|
EPA Region
|
State
|
County
|
2004 (pounds)
|
2005 (pounds)
|
2006 (pounds)
|
Change in Quantity (2005-2006)
|
Percent of Total Quantity
in 2006
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6
|
LA
|
Calcasieu
|
7,152,696
|
6,084,159
|
6,465,177
|
381,018
|
8.5%
|
|
6
|
LA
|
Ascension
|
1,277,652
|
5,793,529
|
4,754,773
|
-1,038,756
|
6.3%
|
|
4
|
KY
|
Hancock
|
2,615,225
|
2,508,135
|
3,362,961
|
854,827
|
4.4%
|
|
6
|
TX
|
Brazoria
|
1,932,396
|
3,204,727
|
3,223,753
|
19,026
|
4.2%
|
|
6
|
TX
|
Harris
|
1,829,193
|
3,312,385
|
2,997,428
|
-314,957
|
3.9%
|
|
9
|
CA
|
Los Angeles
|
1,726,339
|
2,333,574
|
2,318,518
|
-15,056
|
3.1%
|
|
4
|
AL
|
Pike
|
1,816,565
|
2,107,678
|
2,274,578
|
166,900
|
3.0%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Marion
|
2,257,212
|
2,345,829
|
2,136,231
|
-209,598
|
2.8%
|
|
6
|
TX
|
Jefferson
|
1,928,835
|
4,607,869
|
1,940,598
|
-2,667,272
|
2.6%
|
|
3
|
PA
|
Berks
|
1,909,041
|
1,451,716
|
1,506,633
|
54,917
|
2.0%
|
|
7
|
MO
|
Iron
|
1,379,460
|
1,691,895
|
1,499,007
|
-192,888
|
2.0%
|
|
4
|
AL
|
Mobile
|
943,420
|
1,033,235
|
1,085,813
|
52,578
|
1.4%
|
|
7
|
IA
|
Muscatine
|
839,444
|
873,033
|
979,404
|
106,370
|
1.3%
|
|
4
|
TN
|
Maury
|
2,047,613
|
2,019,439
|
966,726
|
-1,052,713
|
1.3%
|
|
7
|
MO
|
Pulaski
|
97,648
|
124,882
|
936,227
|
811,346
|
1.2%
|
|
4
|
AL
|
Jefferson
|
1,262,053
|
1,453,853
|
934,659
|
-519,194
|
1.2%
|
|
3
|
WV
|
Kanawha
|
777,385
|
706,036
|
933,610
|
227,574
|
1.2%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Whitley
|
658,045
|
726,986
|
925,574
|
198,589
|
1.2%
|
|
7
|
NE
|
Jefferson
|
735,051
|
690,644
|
923,845
|
233,201
|
1.2%
|
|
6
|
AR
|
Pope
|
674,556
|
628,392
|
870,098
|
241,706
|
1.1%
|
|
6
|
AR
|
Lonoke
|
96,627
|
493,770
|
718,093
|
224,323
|
0.9%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Hancock
|
132,957
|
85,735
|
705,388
|
619,653
|
0.9%
|
|
3
|
PA
|
Beaver
|
388,600
|
360,170
|
645,992
|
285,821
|
0.9%
|
|
6
|
OK
|
Mayes
|
5,473
|
2,364
|
623,443
|
621,079
|
0.8%
|
|
6
|
LA
|
East Baton Rouge
|
1,007,383
|
653,361
|
603,959
|
-49,402
|
0.8%
|
|
5
|
IL
|
Madison
|
626,236
|
494,387
|
567,540
|
73,153
|
0.7%
|
|
7
|
NE
|
Stanton
|
629,570
|
301,767
|
564,467
|
262,700
|
0.7%
|
|
3
|
WV
|
Brooke
|
627,081
|
730,488
|
557,304
|
-173,184
|
0.7%
|
|
4
|
KY
|
Fulton
|
481,265
|
524,952
|
543,739
|
18,787
|
0.7%
|
|
10
|
ID
|
Butte
|
476,957
|
458,668
|
535,529
|
76,860
|
0.7%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Delaware
|
719,464
|
640,347
|
525,974
|
-114,373
|
0.7%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Lake
|
626,275
|
656,704
|
519,368
|
-137,336
|
0.7%
|
|
10
|
OR
|
Yamhill
|
393,278
|
457,324
|
517,411
|
60,087
|
0.7%
|
|
8
|
UT
|
Box Elder
|
692,827
|
731,467
|
511,349
|
-220,117
|
0.7%
|
|
3
|
PA
|
Allegheny
|
788,179
|
546,203
|
463,086
|
-83,117
|
0.6%
|
|
6
|
AR
|
Franklin
|
364,642
|
371,159
|
462,841
|
91,682
|
0.6%
|
|
6
|
TX
|
Galveston
|
732,673
|
752,130
|
462,385
|
-289,746
|
0.6%
|
|
4
|
NC
|
Hertford
|
513,886
|
344,755
|
457,556
|
112,801
|
0.6%
|
|
5
|
OH
|
Stark
|
483,234
|
443,734
|
454,127
|
10,393
|
0.6%
|
|
6
|
AR
|
Mississippi
|
404,517
|
291,886
|
435,690
|
143,804
|
0.6%
|
|
4
|
TN
|
Davidson
|
14,571
|
17,303
|
422,488
|
405,185
|
0.6%
|
|
5
|
OH
|
Cuyahoga
|
392,408
|
267,202
|
409,270
|
142,068
|
0.5%
|
|
10
|
ID
|
Caribou
|
209,635
|
110,437
|
381,804
|
271,367
|
0.5%
|
|
4
|
NC
|
Burke
|
502,029
|
1,013,052
|
365,239
|
-647,812
|
0.5%
|
|
3
|
VA
|
Roanoke (City)
|
346,965
|
349,325
|
364,961
|
15,636
|
0.5%
|
|
10
|
WA
|
Spokane
|
197,447
|
343,102
|
344,225
|
1,123
|
0.5%
|
|
4
|
MS
|
Hinds
|
229,917
|
276,323
|
334,881
|
58,558
|
0.4%
|
|
6
|
TX
|
Collin
|
169,111
|
241,722
|
332,175
|
90,453
|
0.4%
|
|
6
|
OK
|
Washington
|
451,786
|
309,477
|
315,916
|
6,439
|
0.4%
|
|
2
|
NJ
|
Middlesex
|
500,260
|
403,552
|
312,374
|
-91,178
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
IL
|
Cook
|
391,865
|
326,316
|
305,676
|
-20,640
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
De Kalb
|
304,537
|
267,297
|
305,037
|
37,740
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
MI
|
Wayne
|
608,542
|
1,741,479
|
296,833
|
-1,444,646
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Montgomery
|
258,994
|
295,171
|
292,739
|
-2,432
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
IN
|
Hendricks
|
179,605
|
186,759
|
288,781
|
102,022
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
OH
|
Marion
|
32
|
23
|
285,622
|
285,599
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
IL
|
Peoria
|
378,615
|
238,388
|
283,587
|
45,199
|
0.4%
|
|
5
|
MN
|
Dakota
|
243,485
|
271,520
|
262,028
|
-9,492
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
KY
|
Boyle
|
95,902
|
238,568
|
256,488
|
17,921
|
0.3%
|
|
6
|
TX
|
Ector
|
214,989
|
663,001
|
253,217
|
-409,784
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
KY
|
Boyd
|
63,813
|
138,381
|
251,533
|
113,152
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
SC
|
Richland
|
192,529
|
197,716
|
242,607
|
44,891
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
AL
|
Tuscaloosa
|
286,531
|
236,130
|
235,526
|
-603
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
SC
|
Berkeley
|
224,011
|
328,947
|
231,498
|
-97,449
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
TN
|
Sullivan
|
218,038
|
217,818
|
227,411
|
9,593
|
0.3%
|
|
5
|
OH
|
Pickaway
|
468,820
|
219,826
|
225,830
|
6,004
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
NC
|
Cumberland
|
192,051
|
191,328
|
223,388
|
32,060
|
0.3%
|
|
3
|
VA
|
Buckingham
|
0
|
21,360
|
216,305
|
194,945
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
NC
|
Onslow
|
145,408
|
148,249
|
215,015
|
66,766
|
0.3%
|
|
4
|
SC
|
Aiken
|
70,958
|
235,799
|
214,043
|
-21,756
|
0.3%
|
|
9
|
CA
|
San Bernardino
|
150,147
|
293,644
|
213,012
|
-80,632
|
0.3%
|
