Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
NICHOLS ALUMINUM-ALABAMA LLC
2001 HWY 20 W, DECATUR, AL, 35601
Parent company: UWA ACQUISITION CO
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 | Certain glycol ethers | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Naphthalene | Chlorine | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | Total (lbs) |
| 2014 | 1,118 | 368 | 232 | — | 680 | 3,050 |
| 2013 | 2,070 | 687 | 432 | — | 896 | 5,165 |
| 2012 | 2,392 | 794 | 500 | — | 1,037 | 5,970 |
| 2011 | 2,414 | 800 | 505 | — | 1,038 | 6,021 |
| 2010 | 2,828 | 938 | 592 | — | 1,227 | 7,064 |
| 2009 | 2,275 | 755 | 476 | — | 1,432 | 6,276 |
| 2008 | 1,660 | 1,622 | 1,232 | — | 1,011 | 6,523 |
| 2007 | 2,239 | 2,679 | 1,629 | — | 1,363 | 8,545 |
| 2006 | 2,935 | 2,606 | 2,103 | — | 613 | 8,972 |
| 2005 | 1,500 | 1,760 | 1,370 | — | 2,120 | 8,559 |
| 2004 | 44,243 | 33,295 | 28,739 | — | 38,907 | 173,922 |
| 2003 | 73,078 | 54,296 | 54,106 | — | 64,108 | 313,156 |
| 2002 | 61,603 | 47,256 | 57,332 | — | 46,573 | 284,224 |
| 2001 | 149,500 | 42,382 | 53,384 | — | 50,739 | 368,225 |
| 2000 | 115,064 | 103,393 | 46,555 | — | 62,130 | 357,830 |
| 1999 | 89,000 | 72,000 | 31,000 | — | 56,000 | 316,000 |
| 1998 | 63,000 | 42,000 | 35,000 | — | 41,000 | 239,539 |
| 1997 | 77,569 | 57,417 | 35,745 | 86,005 | 43,893 | 333,976 |
| 1996 | 73,398 | 16,593 | 33,259 | 126,142 | 8,901 | 286,027 |
| 1995 | 91,294 | 21,486 | 29,866 | 114,005 | — | 335,698 |
| 1994 | 153,360 | 14,400 | 42,600 | 114,005 | — | 363,775 |
| 1993 | 67,000 | 14,578 | 41,219 | 22,283 | — | 196,814 |
| 1992 | 39,546 | — | — | 755 | — | 159,213 |
| 1991 | 40,432 | — | — | 1,510 | — | 154,871 |
| 1990 | 52,947 | — | — | — | — | 253,647 |
| 1989 | 27,356 | 13,523 | — | — | — | 88,875 |
▎ 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.