Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS INC
7601 HWY 221 S, MOORE, SC, 29369
Parent company: VEBA 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 | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Freon 113 (CFC-113) | Sodium sulfate (solution) | Trichloroethylene | Total (lbs) |
| 1999 | 127,000 | — | — | — | — | 127,240 |
| 1998 | 578,000 | — | — | — | — | 579,917 |
| 1997 | 967,000 | — | — | — | — | 969,786 |
| 1996 | 1,270,000 | — | — | — | — | 1,277,705 |
| 1995 | 1,420,000 | — | — | — | — | 1,423,694 |
| 1994 | — | — | — | — | — | 2,820 |
| 1993 | — | — | 22,000 | — | — | 33,444 |
| 1992 | — | 128,000 | 89,000 | — | 15,600 | 255,075 |
| 1991 | — | 180,000 | 110,000 | — | 33,300 | 352,045 |
| 1990 | — | 203,000 | 140,000 | — | 37,600 | 411,064 |
| 1989 | — | 162,000 | 190,000 | — | 28,000 | 416,797 |
| 1988 | — | 89,000 | 120,000 | — | — | 209,147 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | 350,000 | — | 351,000 |
▎ 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.