Facility detail

AMERICAN WIRE CORP

1 WIRE RD, SANDY HOOK, CT, 06482

Parent company: NA

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 Phenol Cresol (mixed isomers) Xylene (mixed isomers) Ethylbenzene 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Total (lbs)
2006 — — — — — 2
2003 222 226 148 — — 596
2002 229 274 142 — — 645
2001 5,040 3,484 2,824 944 1,608 13,905
2000 9,731 4,739 5,143 1,710 2,176 23,504
1999 18,962 8,876 9,996 3,442 4,380 45,661
1998 14,142 1,802 8,080 2,410 — 26,439
1997 9,098 7,310 4,552 2,090 — 23,055
1996 6,450 3,450 2,850 — — 12,755
1995 6,350 3,450 2,850 — — 12,655
1994 1,403 500 1,000 — — 2,908
1993 500 500 500 — — 1,500
1992 500 500 500 — — 1,500
1990 1,750 — — — — 1,760
1989 5,050 3,450 3,250 — — 12,250
1988 6,250 4,850 — — — 11,100

▎ 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.