Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC-DECATUR PLANT
1050 CHEMSTRAND AVE, DECATUR, AL, 35601
Parent company: ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS HOLDINGS 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 | 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) | Ammonium sulfate (solution) | Ammonia | Sodium sulfate (solution) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 476,926 | — | — | 101,497 | — | 635,741 |
| 2023 | 805,645 | — | — | 119,255 | — | 983,647 |
| 2022 | 739,099 | — | — | 48,863 | — | 902,347 |
| 2021 | 717,555 | 73,939 | — | 45,027 | — | 952,360 |
| 2020 | 714,995 | 90,899 | — | 28,716 | — | 940,163 |
| 2019 | 1,275,791 | 125,345 | — | 31,036 | — | 1,598,920 |
| 2018 | 1,300,109 | 181,261 | — | 156,152 | — | 1,799,146 |
| 2017 | 1,293,219 | 194,401 | — | 174,501 | — | 1,825,566 |
| 2016 | 1,400,721 | 246,844 | — | 139,337 | — | 1,982,955 |
| 2015 | 1,436,658 | 230,141 | — | 58,920 | — | 1,935,329 |
| 2014 | 1,489,280 | 250,139 | — | 90,088 | — | 2,042,863 |
| 2013 | 1,325,163 | 266,027 | — | 136,011 | — | 1,924,547 |
| 2012 | 1,005,623 | 409,364 | — | 153,959 | — | 1,796,299 |
| 2011 | 1,129,482 | 396,389 | — | 251,951 | — | 2,012,045 |
| 2010 | 1,168,608 | 373,343 | — | 115,478 | — | 1,842,327 |
| 2009 | 487,000 | 337,697 | — | 74,326 | — | 1,067,386 |
| 2008 | 590,000 | 349,206 | — | 63,893 | — | 1,184,095 |
| 2007 | 450,888 | 217,836 | — | 55,233 | — | 912,119 |
| 2006 | 457,039 | 214,653 | — | 134,226 | — | 980,087 |
| 2005 | 809,081 | 444,390 | — | 529 | — | 1,584,850 |
| 2004 | 986,080 | 697,296 | — | 7,866 | — | 2,405,264 |
| 2003 | 1,175,957 | 698,381 | — | 12,923 | — | 2,565,302 |
| 2002 | 1,388,380 | 731,480 | — | 2,680 | — | 2,873,501 |
| 2001 | 1,221,930 | 750,550 | — | 8,000 | — | 2,910,914 |
| 2000 | 1,500,000 | 776,000 | — | 85,200 | — | 3,021,423 |
| 1999 | 1,400,000 | 694,800 | — | 40,300 | — | 2,676,356 |
| 1998 | 1,100,000 | 729,060 | — | 72,500 | — | 2,476,056 |
| 1997 | 1,300,000 | 781,950 | — | 56,200 | — | 2,748,920 |
| 1996 | 1,200,000 | 783,340 | — | 66,400 | — | 2,652,227 |
| 1995 | 400,000 | 794,700 | — | 151,700 | — | 2,148,997 |
| 1994 | — | 790,000 | — | 225,500 | — | 1,570,739 |
| 1993 | — | 770,000 | — | 1,323,400 | — | 2,602,316 |
| 1992 | — | 760,000 | — | 1,931,200 | — | 2,767,254 |
| 1991 | — | 740,000 | — | 1,441,900 | — | 2,289,502 |
| 1990 | — | 644,200 | — | 1,219,600 | — | 2,047,340 |
| 1989 | — | 635,000 | 4,362,000 | 15,870 | — | 5,224,359 |
| 1988 | — | 613,000 | 4,560,000 | 15,860 | — | 5,218,125 |
| 1987 | — | 592,400 | — | — | 5,452,000 | 6,202,950 |
▎ 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.