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