Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BASF CORP PERFORMANCE POLYMERS
1451 SAND HILL RD, ENKA, NC, 28728
Parent company: BASF CORP
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 | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Ethylene glycol | Phosphoric acid | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) |
| 2007 | — | 13,000 | — | — | — | 13,000 |
| 2006 | — | 25,139 | — | — | — | 25,139 |
| 2005 | — | 27,919 | — | — | — | 27,919 |
| 2004 | — | 26,800 | — | — | — | 26,800 |
| 2003 | — | 25,700 | — | — | — | 25,700 |
| 2002 | 110,250 | 28,739 | — | — | — | 138,989 |
| 2001 | 189,000 | — | 57,000 | — | — | 246,000 |
| 2000 | 186,000 | — | 50,000 | — | — | 236,300 |
| 1999 | 220,000 | — | 37,000 | — | — | 257,300 |
| 1998 | 181,000 | — | — | — | — | 181,300 |
| 1997 | 382,000 | — | — | — | — | 382,300 |
| 1996 | 72,000 | — | — | — | — | 72,300 |
| 1995 | 53,000 | — | — | — | — | 53,000 |
| 1994 | — | — | — | 10 | — | 20 |
| 1993 | — | — | — | 10 | 4,400 | 4,420 |
| 1992 | — | — | — | 10 | 3,550 | 3,570 |
| 1991 | — | — | — | 500 | 4,050 | 4,805 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | 500 | 2,280 | 2,965 |
| 1989 | — | — | — | 500 | 3,400 | 4,650 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 250 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 25,500 | — | 25,500 |
▎ 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.