Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
UNION CARBIDE CORP INSTITUTE FACILITY
WV STATE RT 25, INSTITUTE, WV, 25112
Parent company: DOW INC
Carcinogen
— 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 | Acetone | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Methanol | Ammonia | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 1,644 | 2,771 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 1,163 | 1,744 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | 1,257 | 2,132 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | 1,120 | 2,115 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | 756 | 1,882 |
| 2019 | — | 18,476 | 585,489 | 2,664 | 23,770 | 637,804 |
| 2018 | — | 22,527 | 501,459 | 9,049 | 92,267 | 638,787 |
| 2017 | — | 26,920 | 291,590 | 11,388 | 56,625 | 405,739 |
| 2016 | — | 48,834 | 171,744 | 18,473 | 79,610 | 352,326 |
| 2015 | — | 45,575 | 316 | 14,812 | 22,988 | 94,953 |
| 2014 | — | 38,103 | — | 11,572 | 9,609 | 77,897 |
| 2013 | — | 12,835 | — | 6,987 | 7,204 | 49,409 |
| 2012 | — | 12,683 | — | 5,845 | 2,785 | 40,881 |
| 2011 | — | 13,907 | — | 6,992 | 3,896 | 47,915 |
| 2010 | — | 16,910 | — | 5,631 | 12,980 | 58,318 |
| 2009 | — | 15,321 | — | 5,374 | 3,226 | 50,792 |
| 2008 | — | 14,846 | — | 6,090 | 4,740 | 50,280 |
| 2007 | — | 15,483 | — | 6,146 | 4,142 | 85,054 |
| 2006 | — | 19,027 | — | 6,311 | 5,373 | 89,590 |
| 2005 | — | 13,090 | — | 3,560 | 4,456 | 80,371 |
| 2004 | — | 19,020 | — | 6,148 | 3,058 | 87,342 |
| 2003 | — | 22,799 | — | 6,932 | 7,462 | 151,459 |
| 2002 | — | 19,421 | — | 5,691 | 5,868 | 154,027 |
| 2001 | — | 38,481 | — | 10,670 | 10,897 | 179,912 |
| 2000 | — | 41,478 | — | 14,194 | 7,434 | 223,313 |
| 1999 | — | 40,639 | — | 12,246 | 17,992 | 270,217 |
| 1998 | — | 43,621 | — | 17,979 | 27,224 | 314,220 |
| 1997 | — | 57,812 | — | 16,938 | 70,447 | 375,891 |
| 1996 | — | 108,710 | — | 43,204 | 62,758 | 497,395 |
| 1995 | — | 213,344 | — | 120,355 | 60,375 | 611,229 |
| 1994 | — | 200,029 | — | 84,345 | 31,888 | 521,242 |
| 1993 | 2,529,020 | 210,817 | — | 71,881 | 27,903 | 3,088,312 |
| 1992 | 2,528,918 | 233,044 | — | 69,537 | 30,890 | 3,152,744 |
| 1991 | 3,125,165 | 146,682 | — | 71,547 | 34,367 | 3,649,968 |
| 1990 | 3,222,440 | 111,711 | — | 68,172 | 41,805 | 3,726,631 |
| 1989 | 4,553,466 | 95,572 | — | 63,310 | 33,480 | 4,990,300 |
| 1988 | 4,633,417 | — | — | 70,107 | — | 4,790,923 |
| 1987 | — | 139,638 | — | 58,290 | 15,285 | 408,563 |
▎ 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.