Facility detail

FIRESTONE FIBERS & TEXTILES CO

1101 W 2ND AVE, GASTONIA, NC, 28052

Parent company: BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS 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 Ammonia Methanol Formaldehyde 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Styrene Total (lbs)
2013 14,227 7,136 3,087 — 1,221 25,671
2012 15,050 8,000 3,550 — 1,965 28,565
2011 12,450 6,350 3,050 — 2,105 23,955
2010 10,400 5,450 2,690 — — 18,540
2009 10,144 — 2,550 — — 12,694
2008 14,750 7,340 3,550 — 1,910 27,550
2007 13,717 6,566 3,214 — 1,605 25,102
2006 12,456 6,573 3,146 — 1,605 23,780
2005 15,413 7,096 3,352 — 1,605 27,466
2004 16,473 7,583 3,652 — — 27,708
2003 15,404 7,948 3,765 — — 27,117
2002 17,261 7,904 3,803 — — 28,968
2001 11,060 6,066 3,217 — — 20,343
2000 17,176 6,901 3,511 — — 27,588
1999 6,411 13,562 6,180 — — 26,153
1998 27,248 17,530 10,277 — — 55,055
1997 98,784 26,166 8,012 — — 132,962
1996 96,427 38,919 8,827 — — 144,173
1995 80,657 37,491 11,550 — — 129,698
1994 78,000 28,250 14,250 — — 120,500
1993 66,400 31,100 18,800 — — 116,300
1992 58,500 28,800 12,600 — — 99,900
1991 34,400 32,500 15,100 — — 82,000
1990 11,400 36,750 15,000 — — 63,150
1989 12,100 39,750 15,200 — — 67,050
1988 — — — 14,012 — 14,012

▎ 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.