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Clean Air Act stationary source · ICIS-AIR LA0000002204700008

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS, Plaquemine, LA: Clean Air Act compliance record, inspections, violations, penalties

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS, at 21255 HWY 1, Plaquemine in Iberville County, Louisiana, is an operating major source of air pollution on EPA’s ICIS-AIR register. EPA’s file records its current violation status (ICIS-AIR’s high-priority violation field) as “No Violation Identified”. Iberville County is on EPA’s Green Book list of areas that do not meet a national air quality standard. The status and classification are as EPA’s facility file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the source’s current standing, quarter by quarter.

Identity

Facility as filedTHE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS
ICIS-AIR IDLA0000002204700008
EPA facility registry ID110001244724
Operating statusOperating
Emissions classificationMajor source
Current violation status (ICIS-AIR high-priority violation field)No Violation Identified
Address21255 HWY 1, Plaquemine, LA 70765
CountyIberville County
In a nonattainment countyYes (EPA Green Book)
Industry (NAICS)Chemical manufacturing (NAICS 3251)
SIC code2821
EPA region06

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR facility file (ECHO download).

Programs and pollutants

Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-AIR download does not include its program, pollutant and Title V certification files, so this page does not list the Clean Air Act programs THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS is under or the pollutants it is permitted for. The programs each evaluation and violation below was recorded under are shown with it. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report lists both.

Compliance evaluations

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
March 11, 2025FCE On-SiteStateNational Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61); New Source Performance Standards; State or Local rule or regulation that is not federally-enforceable; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
March 10, 2021FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards
February 28, 2020PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAPrevention of Accidental Release/General Duty Clause; Risk Management Program
June 28, 2019PCE Off-SiteU.S. EPAState Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
December 17, 2018FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits
June 27, 2018FCE On-SiteStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63); National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR Part 61); New Source Performance Standards; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality; State Implementation Plan for National Primary and Secondary Ambient Air Quality Standards; Title V Permits

Violations

A high-priority violation (HPV) is the most serious class of Clean Air Act non-compliance an agency records; a federally reportable violation (FRV) is the next step down. Each row is one determination as EPA’s violation history files it.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPrograms
December 20, 2018HPV day-zero determinationStateMACT Standards (40 CFR Part 63)

Enforcement and penalties

9 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017, 5 of them with a penalty filed above zero. Each penalty is shown as EPA’s formal action file states it; “Not stated” means the file gives no figure, and $0 is a disclosed zero.

DateWhat EPA recordedAgencyPenalty, as filed
August 26, 2026Administrative OrderState$224,137
May 1, 2025Administrative OrderState$0
July 6, 2023Administrative OrderState$120,000
June 10, 2021Civil Judicial ActionU.S. EPA$3,000,000
November 17, 2020CAA 113A Admin Compliance Order (Non-Penalty)U.S. EPA$0
October 19, 2020CAA 113D1 Action For PenaltyU.S. EPA$38,500
March 10, 2020Administrative OrderState$84,723
September 27, 2019CAA 113A Admin Compliance Order (Non-Penalty)U.S. EPA$0
December 21, 2018Administrative OrderState$0

Informal enforcement

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
July 16, 2026Warning LetterState
March 5, 2025Notice of ViolationState
January 2, 2025Notice of Noncompliance IssuedU.S. EPA
July 2, 2024Warning LetterState
February 9, 2024Warning LetterState
December 4, 2023Warning LetterState
June 28, 2023Warning LetterState
August 2, 2021Warning LetterState
July 1, 2021Notice of ViolationState
March 17, 2021Warning LetterState
September 17, 2020Warning LetterState
May 5, 2020Warning LetterState
August 28, 2019Notice of ViolationU.S. EPA

Stack tests

DateWhat EPA recordedAgency
January 5, 2022PassState
July 22, 2021PassState
June 10, 2020PassState
January 29, 2020FailState
January 27, 2020PassState
November 7, 2019PassState
May 22, 2019FailState
May 22, 2019FailState

Cited to the EPA ICIS-AIR evaluation, violation, stack test and enforcement files (ECHO download), events dated January 1, 2017 or later as loaded; up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This page covers the Clean Air Act compliance record of THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY - LOUISIANA OPERATIONS in Plaquemine, LA. It lists 6 compliance evaluations, 1 high-priority violations, and 9 formal enforcement actions since January 1, 2017. The page gives the operating status as Operating, the emissions classification as Major source, and the current violation status as No Violation Identified.