Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
KOPPERS FOLLANSBEE TAR PLANT
810 KOPPERS RD, FOLLANSBEE, WV, 26037
Parent company: KOPPERS 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 | Naphthalene | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Benzene | Creosote | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | 166 | 167 |
| 2019 | 592 | — | 554 | — | 229 | 1,644 |
| 2018 | 1,040 | — | 1,214 | — | 235 | 3,258 |
| 2017 | 1,199 | — | 1,735 | — | 243 | 4,281 |
| 2016 | 1,017 | — | 2,133 | — | 197 | 4,488 |
| 2015 | 2,035 | — | 3,534 | — | 236 | 7,719 |
| 2014 | 2,618 | — | 4,263 | — | 237 | 9,668 |
| 2013 | 2,185 | 22,261 | 4,174 | — | 296 | 31,185 |
| 2012 | 3,439 | — | 4,295 | — | 301 | 10,756 |
| 2011 | 3,144 | 29,891 | 1,160 | — | 420 | 36,350 |
| 2010 | 3,143 | 30,004 | 1,395 | — | 378 | 36,971 |
| 2009 | 1,535 | 46,113 | 1,122 | — | 461 | 50,572 |
| 2008 | 2,511 | 63,009 | 1,490 | — | 451 | 69,605 |
| 2007 | 27,987 | 52,860 | 4,113 | — | 6,934 | 107,914 |
| 2006 | 27,692 | 68,217 | 3,858 | — | 6,951 | 122,449 |
| 2005 | 28,296 | — | 4,114 | — | 7,165 | 57,309 |
| 2004 | 28,324 | 47,448 | 4,128 | — | 7,253 | 106,823 |
| 2003 | 25,894 | 21,187 | 4,321 | — | 4,980 | 73,541 |
| 2002 | 27,105 | 38,000 | 5,000 | — | 6,024 | 96,191 |
| 2001 | 29,708 | 55,435 | 5,528 | — | 11,373 | 130,930 |
| 2000 | 30,528 | 29,456 | 7,442 | — | 9,251 | 100,083 |
| 1999 | 33,418 | 28,757 | 10,028 | — | 3,477 | 87,248 |
| 1998 | 29,855 | — | 14,175 | — | 2,450 | 53,323 |
| 1997 | 57,053 | — | 16,250 | — | 6,071 | 88,071 |
| 1996 | 73,800 | — | 16,150 | 32,100 | 3,055 | 131,505 |
| 1995 | 42,962 | — | 14,537 | 39,076 | 3,222 | 106,751 |
| 1994 | 57,000 | — | 24,250 | 35,300 | — | 125,805 |
| 1993 | 27,430 | — | 47,850 | 16,440 | — | 95,975 |
| 1992 | 28,500 | — | 19,050 | 21,600 | — | 74,155 |
| 1991 | 44,459 | — | 15,708 | 35,247 | — | 100,600 |
| 1990 | 33,967 | — | 18,787 | 31,945 | — | 90,875 |
| 1989 | 53,202 | — | 14,662 | — | — | 78,451 |
| 1988 | 114,482 | — | — | — | — | 117,700 |
| 1987 | — | — | 10,069 | — | — | 10,935 |
▎ 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.