Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
GM WILMINGTON ASSEMBLY PLANT
801 BOXWOOD RD, NEWPORT, DE, 19804
Parent company: GENERAL MOTORS
Carcinogen
PBT
— 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 | Xylene (mixed isomers) | n-Butyl alcohol | Methanol | Toluene | Urethane | Total (lbs) |
| 2008 | 3,440 | 8,350 | — | 570 | — | 36,066 |
| 2007 | 97,900 | 16,290 | 5,590 | 1,837 | — | 160,023 |
| 2006 | 73,300 | 16,370 | 4,240 | 1,584 | — | 133,218 |
| 2005 | 57,580 | — | 3,088 | — | — | 79,108 |
| 2004 | 20,100 | — | 1,528 | 650 | — | 32,903 |
| 2003 | 59,000 | 18,066 | 3,770 | 1,670 | — | 122,935 |
| 2002 | 123,000 | 36,120 | 11,200 | 1,930 | — | 284,801 |
| 2001 | 157,000 | 37,120 | 11,320 | 2,530 | — | 343,682 |
| 2000 | 128,000 | 32,130 | 9,700 | 1,000 | — | 278,115 |
| 1999 | 182,000 | 30,070 | 22,100 | 1,290 | — | 412,206 |
| 1998 | 221,000 | 33,058 | 16,400 | 11,160 | — | 421,327 |
| 1997 | 246,000 | 77,074 | 15,100 | 12,800 | — | 420,037 |
| 1996 | 372,000 | 47,000 | 35,000 | 18,000 | — | 581,039 |
| 1995 | 581,951 | 98,661 | 82,152 | 16,238 | — | 995,747 |
| 1994 | 752,307 | 92,778 | 61,537 | 42,853 | — | 1,285,570 |
| 1993 | 467,177 | 117,932 | 53,691 | 15,452 | — | 826,221 |
| 1992 | 348,038 | 103,641 | 39,886 | 55,323 | — | 674,821 |
| 1991 | 306,148 | 95,843 | 47,212 | 48,032 | — | 628,653 |
| 1990 | 256,874 | 124,491 | 64,588 | 102,186 | — | 683,481 |
| 1989 | 520,250 | 70,001 | 45,300 | 79,000 | — | 1,001,164 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | 140,000 | 297,620 |
| 1987 | 794,500 | — | 87,450 | 205,100 | 419,450 | 1,507,500 |
▎ 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.