Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
MERIDIAN RAIL
14TH ST & WOODBINE AVE, CALERA, AL, 35040
Parent company: NA
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 | Barium | Manganese | Chromium | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | Aluminum (fume or dust) | Total (lbs) |
| 2004 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| 2003 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| 2001 | — | 269 | 10 | — | — | 279 |
| 2000 | — | 7,268 | 1,000 | — | — | 8,268 |
| 1999 | — | 12,158 | 1,000 | — | — | 13,158 |
| 1998 | — | 11,732 | 1,000 | — | — | 12,732 |
| 1997 | — | 10,764 | 1,000 | — | — | 11,764 |
| 1996 | — | 10,342 | 1,000 | — | — | 11,342 |
| 1995 | 21,519 | 15,243 | 1,000 | — | — | 37,762 |
| 1994 | 57,692 | 13,960 | 1,000 | — | — | 72,652 |
| 1993 | 50,970 | 13,209 | 1,000 | — | — | 65,179 |
| 1992 | 48,792 | 13,367 | 1,000 | — | — | 63,159 |
| 1991 | 48,405 | 12,375 | 1,000 | — | — | 61,780 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | 49,900 | — | 64,125 |
| 1989 | 51,000 | 13,858 | 1,000 | — | — | 73,458 |
| 1988 | — | 38,179 | 69,506 | — | 25,922 | 158,607 |
| 1987 | — | 29,650 | — | — | — | 29,900 |
▎ 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.