Facility detail

DEXTER SHOE CO PLANT #5

71 RAILROAD AVE, DEXTER, ME, 049301299

Parent company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Acetone Methyl ethyl ketone Toluene Dichloromethane Total (lbs)
2001 — 16,700 23,000 — 39,700
2000 — 17,584 26,059 — 43,643
1999 — 9,809 9,462 — 19,271
1998 — 18,192 14,074 — 32,266
1997 — 28,990 20,312 — 49,302
1996 — 31,795 24,475 — 56,270
1995 — 56,384 50,195 — 106,579
1994 — 59,013 47,439 — 106,452
1993 121,624 56,123 48,008 — 225,755
1992 121,236 48,224 42,405 — 211,865
1991 114,600 36,200 39,400 19,900 210,100
1990 100,374 43,895 29,265 21,882 195,416
1989 198,286 42,421 51,684 — 292,391
1988 149,584 115,488 — — 265,072

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.