Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
EQUISTAR CHEMICALS LP
340 MEADOW RD, EDISON, NJ, 08837
Parent company: LYONDELLBASELL FINANCE CO
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 | n-Hexane | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Chloroethane | Titanium tetrachloride | Benzyl chloride | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 32,541 | — | 10,642 | 964 | — | 44,147 |
| 2023 | 10,778 | — | — | 723 | — | 11,501 |
| 2022 | 51,914 | — | — | 825 | — | 52,739 |
| 2021 | 4,235 | — | — | 755 | — | 4,990 |
| 2020 | 28,561 | — | — | 1,734 | — | 30,295 |
| 2019 | 6,722 | — | — | 983 | — | 7,705 |
| 2018 | 9,788 | — | — | 1,143 | — | 10,931 |
| 2017 | 11,783 | — | — | 1,236 | — | 13,019 |
| 2016 | 14,551 | — | — | 1,275 | — | 15,826 |
| 2015 | 9,396 | — | — | 825 | — | 10,221 |
| 2014 | 20,976 | — | — | 1,014 | — | 21,990 |
| 2013 | 6,526 | — | — | 824 | — | 7,350 |
| 2012 | 6,577 | — | — | 639 | — | 7,216 |
| 2011 | 1,332 | — | — | 899 | — | 2,231 |
| 2010 | 8,825 | — | — | 709 | — | 9,534 |
| 2009 | 21,556 | — | — | 563 | — | 22,119 |
| 2008 | 79,364 | — | — | 1,053 | — | 80,417 |
| 2007 | 61,657 | 186 | 8,400 | 1,572 | — | 71,899 |
| 2006 | 75,403 | 521 | 8,768 | 2,126 | — | 86,927 |
| 2005 | 50,592 | 855 | 7,796 | 2,482 | — | 61,838 |
| 2004 | 38,290 | 652 | 7,776 | 2,322 | — | 49,151 |
| 2003 | 29,868 | 911 | 6,732 | 2,204 | — | 39,848 |
| 2002 | 28,221 | 7,568 | 6,949 | 2,224 | — | 45,095 |
| 2001 | 29,714 | 7,654 | 7,334 | 2,200 | — | 47,047 |
| 2000 | 30,906 | 7,630 | 10,256 | 2,522 | — | 51,466 |
| 1999 | 21,604 | 7,235 | 9,449 | 1,511 | — | 39,799 |
| 1998 | 16,530 | 5,403 | 9,970 | 1,476 | — | 33,404 |
| 1997 | 19,968 | 7,252 | 13,430 | 1,600 | — | 42,419 |
| 1996 | 22,232 | 7,234 | 13,220 | 1,672 | — | 45,460 |
| 1995 | 23,672 | 7,192 | — | 1,613 | 2,036 | 34,550 |
| 1994 | — | 7,927 | — | 1,403 | 3,765 | 13,179 |
| 1993 | — | 7,920 | — | 1,100 | 3,800 | 13,082 |
| 1992 | — | 7,750 | — | 1,000 | 4,700 | 14,200 |
| 1991 | — | 67 | — | 869 | 3,585 | 4,698 |
| 1990 | — | 4,780 | — | 1,000 | 3,700 | 12,340 |
| 1989 | — | 17,200 | — | 1,000 | 2,750 | 46,350 |
| 1988 | — | 16,900 | — | 2,400 | — | 49,000 |
| 1987 | — | 20,800 | — | — | — | 36,500 |
▎ 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.