Facility detail

ASHLAND INC.

329 W MAIN ST, ELKTON, MD, 21921

Parent company: ASHLAND INC

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 Vinyl acetate Methanol Butyl acrylate Ammonia Maleic anhydride Total (lbs)
2012 2,294 1,107 — — — 3,401
2011 4,483 2,425 — — — 6,908
2010 4,372 2,252 — — — 6,624
2009 3,903 2,099 53 — — 6,055
2008 4,117 2,139 52 — — 6,308
2007 9,380 2,444 106 — 0 11,930
2006 3,970 2,683 68 — — 6,721
2005 5,780 2,913 83 — — 8,776
2004 9,439 992 80 — — 10,511
2003 10,717 4,987 130 — — 15,834
2002 9,065 1,000 500 — — 10,565
2001 8,197 1,000 500 — — 9,697
2000 11,805 1,004 94 — — 12,903
1999 13,332 946 90 — — 14,368
1998 8,800 1,270 25 — — 10,095
1997 13,104 1,275 72 — — 14,451
1996 14,482 1,445 39 — — 15,966
1995 7,018 1,129 24 — — 8,171
1994 7,662 1,063 20 75 — 8,820
1993 5,492 1,136 16 — — 6,644
1992 1,550 1,730 35 53 — 3,369
1991 1,920 1,730 35 53 33 3,771
1989 8,591 1,415 60 56 — 10,122
1988 — 2,250 — — — 2,250

▎ 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.