Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LLC
1 CYANAMID RD, MOBILE, AL, 36610
Parent company: STERLING SPECIALTY CHEMICALS LLC
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 | Ammonia | Toluene | Acrylic acid | Formaldehyde | Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 7,870 | — | 3,577 | — | — | 16,539 |
| 2023 | 11,031 | — | 11,378 | — | — | 27,117 |
| 2022 | 8,789 | — | 8,273 | — | — | 21,245 |
| 2021 | 6,118 | — | 7,112 | — | — | 17,283 |
| 2020 | 2,298 | — | 2,559 | — | — | 8,146 |
| 2019 | 3,479 | — | 3,793 | — | — | 7,310 |
| 2018 | 4,756 | — | 6,089 | — | — | 10,896 |
| 2017 | 4,943 | — | 7,141 | — | — | 12,146 |
| 2016 | 3,617 | — | 4,494 | — | — | 8,159 |
| 2015 | 5,181 | — | 5,248 | — | — | 10,788 |
| 2014 | 6,201 | — | 4,516 | — | — | 11,149 |
| 2013 | 4,825 | — | 3,053 | — | — | 8,020 |
| 2012 | 4,338 | — | 4,501 | — | — | 8,986 |
| 2011 | 6,087 | — | 9,599 | — | — | 16,008 |
| 2010 | 6,947 | — | 9,032 | — | — | 16,424 |
| 2009 | 5,188 | — | 8,361 | — | — | 15,826 |
| 2008 | 6,070 | — | 8,802 | — | — | 17,479 |
| 2007 | 5,160 | — | 7,437 | 78 | — | 14,875 |
| 2006 | 6,183 | — | 5,992 | 80 | — | 15,491 |
| 2005 | 5,040 | — | 5,795 | 252 | — | 13,419 |
| 2004 | 4,435 | — | 6,514 | 241 | — | 14,008 |
| 2003 | 673 | — | 3,873 | 56 | — | 6,518 |
| 2002 | 560 | — | 3,115 | 99 | — | 5,907 |
| 2001 | 685 | — | 3,011 | 133 | — | 6,154 |
| 2000 | 5,170 | — | 3,599 | 445 | — | 10,304 |
| 1999 | 18,481 | — | 3,829 | 565 | — | 23,785 |
| 1998 | 61,870 | — | 2,822 | 395 | — | 65,598 |
| 1997 | 64,786 | — | 2,923 | 245 | — | 68,473 |
| 1996 | 43,168 | 3,241 | 5,819 | 755 | — | 53,702 |
| 1995 | 31,647 | 4,191 | 4,695 | 1,124 | — | 43,472 |
| 1994 | 24,463 | 12,820 | 6,768 | 884 | — | 46,933 |
| 1993 | 17,009 | 21,471 | 7,367 | 725 | — | 50,771 |
| 1992 | 2,877 | 22,072 | 4,716 | 2,594 | — | 37,876 |
| 1991 | 3,116 | 36,332 | 5,063 | 3,428 | — | 52,216 |
| 1990 | 2,786 | 34,134 | 5,082 | 6,284 | — | 55,125 |
| 1989 | 2,216 | 33,305 | 4,705 | 8,910 | — | 55,339 |
| 1988 | 2,217 | 26,605 | 5,223 | 9,945 | 60,430 | 104,468 |
| 1987 | — | 63,092 | — | 28,430 | — | 92,400 |
▎ 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.