Nitrogen

All monetary amounts are in US dollars.
All units of measure are English.

Geismar

Operations

Geismar is the largest US producer of nitric acid.
Annual capacity — 930,000 tons of nitric acid, 223,000 tons of phosphoric acid
Products — nitric acid, nitrogen solutions, phosphate fertilizer and industrial products

Performance

Significant Events

• Achieved 1 million hours without a lost-time injury in March 2009
• Achieved three years without a lost-time injury in April 2009
• Increased local spending from 60 percent to 80 percent year-over-year
• Achieved 95 percent engagement score on the 2009 employee engagement survey

Community Relations

• Continued to participate in two community advisory panels (CAPs), the Ascension Community CAP and the Iberville Community CAP; discussed plant information, local community concerns, plant projects and shutdowns

Community Donations

• Contributed more than $130,000 to local community organizations in 2009, including donations to the Capital Area United Way campaign, March of Dimes, USS Kidd Foundation, Junior Achievement and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center
• Contributed $42,000 of in-kind donations, including contributions to Ascension Volunteer, the United Way, March of Dimes, G.W. Carver Middle School and Louisiana Old Capital Building

Education Initiatives

• Partnered with G.W. Carver Middle School in the Adopt-a-School program

Energy and Environment

• Did not exceed Louisiana water permit limits
• Improved water management practices in the phosphogypsum stack area, which contributed to a 50 percent reduction in phosphate and a 56 percent reduction in fluoride discharged into the Mississippi River compared to the three-year average
• Completed lining of the gypsum stack area as a best practice
• Completed lining of a perimeter ditch at the request of EPA
• Received permission to go to a common stack design which will allow us to remain inside the current stacking footprint for the gypsum stacks for an estimated 10 more years

Local Procurement

• Made local purchases in 2009 of $32.4 million, or 80 percent of total expenditures (excluding major expansions, raw materials, energy and transportation)