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SUN CHEMICAL

205 S JAMES ST, NEWPORT, DE, 19804

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Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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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	Methanol	Tetrachloroethylene	Biphenyl	Xylene (mixed isomers)	Aniline	Total (lbs)
2024	27,740	—	64	1,850	14	29,683
2023	20,361	—	59	653	13	21,143
2022	36,010	—	94	1,054	26	37,276
2021	32,856	—	94	905	28	33,937
2020	28,902	—	77	683	19	29,756
2019	31,060	—	91	930	22	32,161
2018	28,226	—	89	960	22	29,352
2017	23,161	—	100	1,174	27	24,516
2016	20,770	—	100	1,188	27	22,139
2015	20,069	—	108	881	23	21,130
2014	20,408	—	90	931	22	21,507
2013	21,996	—	97	1,094	30	23,279
2012	18,481	—	97	985	32	19,645
2011	24,276	—	120	1,149	31	25,642
2010	25,401	—	124	1,218	39	26,851
2009	13,626	—	74	673	23	14,430
2008	20,234	—	109	1,312	28	21,730
2007	27,163	—	124	1,738	33	29,119
2006	28,009	—	113	1,639	30	29,856
2005	26,484	—	100	1,436	27	28,120
2004	31,310	—	123	777	45	32,361
2003	28,318	—	123	1,788	42	30,371
2002	25,792	—	123	1,754	41	28,151
2001	29,290	—	123	1,372	20	31,246
2000	32,070	—	111	1,372	19	33,762
1999	41,738	—	3,270	1,541	158	46,852
1998	68,953	—	716	282	55	70,101
1997	75,000	—	525	510	55	76,455
1996	78,600	—	900	530	550	80,680
1995	111,000	—	500	750	255	112,760
1994	116,503	—	4,063	520	604	121,690
1993	306,900	—	10,239	1,409	589	319,387
1992	678,400	—	10,167	684	556	690,057
1991	1,017,600	—	6,148	694	561	1,025,253
1990	1,133,220	26,365	775	539	530	1,162,519
1989	1,246,811	107,050	1,000	—	500	1,357,111
1988	1,261,193	—	—	—	—	1,261,693
1987	—	103,256	—	—	—	103,756

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