Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
FORTRON INDUSTRIES LLC
4600 HWY 421 NORTH, WILMINGTON, NC, 28401
Parent company: CELANESE CORP
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 | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 1,4-Dichlorobenzene | Phenol | Acetone | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 7,270 | 19,434 | 5,216 | — | — | 31,930 |
| 2023 | 8,152 | 19,808 | 5,297 | — | — | 33,282 |
| 2022 | 7,403 | 22,149 | 6,234 | — | — | 35,803 |
| 2021 | 7,122 | 19,936 | 5,731 | — | — | 32,802 |
| 2020 | 7,417 | 19,552 | 6,064 | — | — | 33,046 |
| 2019 | 7,350 | 19,965 | 6,318 | — | — | 33,644 |
| 2018 | 7,439 | 19,218 | 6,027 | — | — | 32,697 |
| 2017 | 19,625 | 23,193 | 6,092 | — | — | 48,924 |
| 2016 | 17,239 | 17,029 | 5,079 | — | — | 39,375 |
| 2015 | 17,675 | 16,694 | 4,928 | — | — | 39,336 |
| 2014 | 19,308 | 16,782 | 5,129 | — | — | 41,289 |
| 2013 | 21,423 | 15,791 | 4,775 | — | — | 42,149 |
| 2012 | 24,351 | 27,128 | 4,753 | — | — | 56,344 |
| 2011 | 72,821 | 45,354 | 7,824 | — | — | 125,999 |
| 2010 | 62,207 | 23,192 | 3,222 | — | — | 88,621 |
| 2009 | 30,818 | 12,410 | 1,404 | — | — | 44,632 |
| 2008 | 29,357 | 15,385 | 1,826 | — | — | 46,568 |
| 2007 | 28,621 | 30,668 | 1,987 | — | — | 61,276 |
| 2006 | 28,876 | 32,840 | 2,297 | — | — | 64,013 |
| 2005 | 27,936 | 32,667 | 1,880 | — | — | 62,483 |
| 2004 | 26,288 | 31,221 | 1,720 | — | — | 59,229 |
| 2003 | 26,039 | 29,592 | 1,534 | — | — | 57,164 |
| 2002 | 25,579 | 25,714 | 1,193 | — | — | 52,486 |
| 2001 | 25,765 | 25,707 | 1,336 | — | — | 52,808 |
| 2000 | 15,175 | 10,808 | 58 | — | — | 26,041 |
| 1999 | 13,238 | 10,241 | 72 | — | — | 23,551 |
| 1998 | 13,219 | 7,901 | 54 | — | — | 21,174 |
| 1997 | 13,215 | 7,893 | 52 | — | — | 21,160 |
| 1996 | 13,082 | 7,772 | 45 | — | — | 20,899 |
| 1995 | 13,036 | 7,788 | 38 | — | — | 20,862 |
| 1994 | — | 7,857 | 35 | — | 2,503 | 10,395 |
| 1993 | — | 786 | — | 4,700 | 253 | 5,739 |
▎ 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.