Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC-HMTC
1164 23RD ST SE, HICKORY, NC, 28602
Parent company: CORNING 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 | Methyl ethyl ketone | Toluene | Dichloromethane | Acetone | Copper | Total (lbs) |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 1999 | — | 9,897 | — | — | — | 9,897 |
| 1998 | — | 85 | — | — | — | 85 |
| 1997 | — | 2,831 | 2,972 | — | — | 5,803 |
| 1996 | — | 822 | 722 | — | — | 1,544 |
| 1995 | 19,394 | 3,023 | — | — | — | 22,417 |
| 1994 | 42,365 | 7,745 | — | — | — | 50,110 |
| 1993 | 26,532 | 6,022 | — | 5,590 | — | 38,144 |
| 1992 | 23,485 | 10,370 | — | 5,400 | — | 39,255 |
| 1991 | 14,912 | — | — | 496 | — | 15,408 |
| 1990 | — | — | 7,022 | 649 | — | 7,671 |
| 1989 | — | — | 5,114 | — | — | 5,114 |
▎ 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.