PVC Capacity

Company Site 2006 Capacity Remarks

(-000- metric tons)

Certain Teed Lake Charles LA 218

Dow Texas City TX 64

Formosa Baton Rouge LA 416

Delaware City DE 65

Illiopolis IL shutdown

Pt. Comfort TX 710

Georgia Gulf Aberdeen MS 454 from Vista

Oklahoma City OK 227 from Vista

Plaquemine LA 544

Keysor Century Saugus CA shutdown

OxyVinyls Deer Park TX 250 from Geon

Louisville KY 295 from Geon

Pasadena TX 953 from Oxy

Pedricktown NJ 159 from Geon

PolyOne Henry IL 57 from Geon

Pedricktown NJ 59 from Geon

Shintech Addis LA 283 idle

Freeport TX 1450

Plaquemine LA 590

Tekni-Plex Burlington NJ 20 from Ozite

Burlington NJ 32 from Ozite

Westlake Calvert City KY 363

Geismar LA 260

Total 7469

Capacity Data Source: CMAI

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Compound CAS Possible Uses/Sources Notes

1-3 Butadiene

106990

VCM Impurity Expected to be polymerized or remain with recoveredVCM and vent 

2,2,4 Trimethylpentane

540841

Initiator decomposition product; vent gas absorber Expected to remain in the recovered VCM and vent

Acetaldehyde

75070

VCM impurity and possible additive decomposition product. Expected to remain in the recovered VCM and vent

Acetophenone

98862

Initiator decomposition product. Expected to be remain in the recovered VCM and vent

Chlorine

7782505

Disinfectant (cooling water treatment) Based on existing MACT standards (e.g., HON), should not be regulated under 

Chloroform 67633 VCM Impurity Expected to remain in recoovered VCM and vent

Chloroprene

126998

VCM Impurity Expected to be polymerized or remain with recovered VCM .

Cumene 98-82-8 Initiator Impurity or Decomposition Product Sourse still under investigation. Expected to remain in the recovered VCM and 

Dioxins VCM Combustion Based on a process chemistry evaluation, the manufacture of PVC does not ge

from required Incinerators.

Ethyl Chloride (Chloroethane)

75003

VCM Impurity Expected to remain in the recovered VCM and vent 

Ethylene Dichloride (1,2 Dichloroethane)

107062

VCM Impurity Expected to remain in the recovered VCM and vent

Ethylene Glycol

107211

Coolant EG is in Closed—loop chilled water system, which is a Non MACT activity -

Formaldehyde

50000

Additive Decomposition Product Expected at low trace levels , Still reseaching potential for HAP

Hydrochloric Acid

7647010

VCM decomposition product Normally controlled by a vent gas Scrubber System located after the Incinerato

Hydroquinone

123319

Corrosion/Water Chemistry Additive Based on existing MACT standards (e.g., HON), should not be regulated under 

Methanol

67561

Suspending agent diluent; additive decomposition product Emissions from Storage Tanks/Transfer Operations may already be addressed 

Methyl Chloride (Chloromethane)

74873

VCM Impurity Expected to remain in recoovered VCM and vent

Methyl Ethyl Ketone

78933

Initiator decomposition product. Expected to remain in recoovered VCM and vent

Phenol 108952 VCM Recovery stabilizer for recovered VCM

Vinyl Acetate

108054

Copolymer Emissions from Storage Tanks/Transfer Operations may already be addressed 

Vinyl Bromide

593602

VCM Impurity Only expected at very low trace levels and woiuld be polymerized or remain w

Vinylidene Chloride

75354

VCM Impurity Expected to be polymerized or remain with recovered VCM and vent .

Substances are listed based on responses to a survey of VI member companies. Please note that we have included substances in the list even if they were reported by only one facility. In addition, we listed materials wemissions. Our goal was to define the universe of potential HAPs that might fall under the PVC MACT rule with the understanding that both the need for inclusion in the rule or the need to develop a surrogacy analysis wsubstance on this list does not reflect any agreement by the VI or its members that the substance merits regulation under the PVC MACT. We have not included vinyl chloride monomer on the list because we understand the regulation. We have attempted to identify the possible source and noted expected fate of these HAPS following the polymerization step of the PVC process.

Potential PVC Plant HAPS

Notes

The only dioxin compound on the EPA HAP list is 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (CAS No. 1746016).Incinerators: This term is shorthand for exhaust gas control devices, primarily thermal oxidizers.

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Good Chemistry at Work 

OxyVinyls LP ® A Subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation 

Vinyl Chloride Monomer (VCM) Specifications 

Parameter Units Minimum Maximum 

Purity wt. % 99.98 

Water ppm by wt. 100

Acidity as HCl ppm by wt. 1.0

Iron ppm by wt. 0.4

Non-Volatile Residue ppm by wt. 50

Color Colorless 

Appearance Free of 

suspende

d matter 

Acetylene ppm by wt. 0.4

Methyl Chloride ppm by wt. 50

Total Heavy Ends ppm by wt. 50

1,3-Butadiene ppm by wt. 8.0

Monovinylactylene (MVA) ppm by wt. 15.0

Acetaldehyde ppm by wt. 1.0

Peroxides ppm by wt. 0.1

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guaranty, express or implied, is made regarding performance, stability or otherwise. This information is not intended to be all-inclusive as the manner and conditions of use, 

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