Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
W L GORE & ASSOCIATES INC
501 VIEVES WAY, ELKTON, MD, 21921
Parent company: W L GORE & ASSOCIATES INC
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 | Methyl ethyl ketone | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | Diisocyanates | Lead | Total (lbs) | |
| 2024 | — | 963 | 55 | — | 1,017 | |
| 2023 | — | 1,155 | 72 | — | 1,227 | |
| 2022 | — | 1,130 | 44 | — | 1,174 | |
| 2021 | — | 1,329 | 24 | — | 1,352 | |
| 2020 | — | 984 | 39 | — | 1,023 | |
| 2019 | — | 1,030 | 71 | — | 1,101 | |
| 2018 | — | 1,073 | 77 | — | 1,150 | |
| 2017 | — | 980 | 70 | — | 1,050 | |
| 2016 | — | 1,180 | 145 | — | 1,325 | |
| 2015 | — | 929 | 99 | — | 1,028 | |
| 2014 | — | 1,341 | 85 | — | 1,426 | |
| 2013 | — | 925 | 66 | — | 991 | |
| 2012 | — | 1,200 | 82 | — | 1,282 | |
| 2011 | — | 1,104 | 57 | — | 1,161 | |
| 2010 | — | 498 | 78 | — | 577 | |
| 2009 | — | 669 | 201 | — | 869 | |
| 2008 | — | 521 | 204 | 0 | 725 | |
| 2007 | — | 1,224 | 288 | 0 | 1,512 | |
| 2006 | — | 716 | 347 | 0 | 1,063 | |
| 2005 | — | 55 | 89 | 0 | 144 | |
| 2004 | — | 59 | 97 | 0 | 156 | |
| 2003 | 1,581 | 54 | 250 | 0 | 1,885 | |
| 2002 | 1,964 | 140 | 250 | — | 2,354 | |
| 2001 | 1,365 | 122 | 50 | — | 1,537 | |
| 2000 | 3,898 | 134 | 18 | — | 4,050 | |
| 1999 | 4,006 | 135 | — | — | 4,141 | |
| 1998 | 6,440 | 52 | — | — | 6,492 | |
| 1997 | 1,252 | 49 | — | — | 1,301 | |
| 1996 | 798 | 35 | — | — | 833 | |
| 1995 | 553 | 33 | — | — | 586 | |
| 1994 | 489 | — | — | — | 489 | |
| 1993 | 1,088 | — | — | — | 1,088 | |
| 1992 | 460 | — | — | — | 460 | |
▎ 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.