Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP BETHSHIP DIV
SPARROWS POINT SHIPYARD, SPARROWS POINT, MD, 212192599
Parent company: BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP
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 | Zinc compounds | Copper compounds | Propylene | Total (lbs) |
| 1997 | 13,000 | — | — | 3,700 | 3,100 | 19,800 |
| 1996 | 36,000 | — | — | 5,200 | — | 41,200 |
| 1995 | 31,000 | 8,200 | 2,420 | 7,200 | — | 48,820 |
| 1994 | 96,000 | 28,000 | 38,400 | 28,900 | 250 | 191,550 |
| 1993 | 28,903 | 11,077 | 11,267 | 11,452 | 1,975 | 64,674 |
| 1992 | 40,366 | 9,318 | 18,752 | 10,621 | 1,277 | 80,584 |
| 1991 | 11,973 | 14,450 | — | — | 1,354 | 27,777 |
| 1990 | 27,925 | — | — | — | 753 | 28,678 |
| 1989 | 13,800 | — | — | — | 1,100 | 14,900 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | 1,500 | 10,400 |
▎ 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.