Facility detail

GE CO DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER

1223 FAIRGROVE CHURCH RD, HICKORY, NC, 28602

Parent company: GE CO

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 Tetrachloroethylene Phenol 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Cresol (mixed isomers) Methyl ethyl ketone Total (lbs)
1996 — 7,461 8,611 — — 19,864
1995 — 11,964 13,805 — — 32,034
1994 — 16,103 18,583 — — 43,439
1993 — 13,814 15,964 — — 36,901
1992 — 5,234 6,593 3,065 — 15,162
1991 78,300 20,900 — 13,700 10,500 137,470
1990 200,000 20,500 — 13,000 10,250 256,170
1989 174,336 22,706 — 12,117 13,744 228,241
1988 221,411 — — 14,549 16,310 262,725
1987 186,523 — — — — 194,921

▎ 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.