Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BASF CORP
2120 POLYMER DR, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37421
Parent company: NA
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 | 1,3-Butadiene | Styrene | Ammonia | tert-Butyl alcohol | Zinc compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 285 | 1,459 | — | — | — | 1,747 |
| 2023 | 630 | 1,319 | — | 750 | — | 2,723 |
| 2022 | 279 | 1,461 | — | 10 | — | 1,783 |
| 2021 | 293 | 1,532 | — | 750 | — | 2,609 |
| 2020 | 500 | 1,388 | — | 750 | — | 2,663 |
| 2019 | 342 | 1,449 | — | 837 | — | 2,649 |
| 2018 | 505 | 1,322 | — | 880 | — | 2,725 |
| 2017 | 297 | 1,497 | — | — | — | 1,794 |
| 2016 | 247 | 1,743 | — | — | — | 1,990 |
| 2015 | 196 | 1,327 | — | — | — | 1,522 |
| 2014 | 234 | 1,502 | — | 878 | — | 2,632 |
| 2013 | 233 | 1,491 | — | 884 | — | 2,626 |
| 2012 | 229 | 1,432 | — | 926 | — | 2,605 |
| 2011 | 90 | 1,392 | — | 859 | — | 2,359 |
| 2010 | 248 | 2,921 | — | 915 | — | 4,102 |
| 2009 | 533 | 2,591 | — | 973 | — | 4,115 |
| 2008 | 397 | 2,740 | 2,520 | 1,900 | — | 7,575 |
| 2007 | 245 | 2,700 | 2,500 | 2,100 | — | 7,563 |
| 2006 | 720 | 3,000 | 2,500 | 2,100 | — | 8,343 |
| 2005 | 576 | 3,053 | 2,521 | 2,070 | — | 8,237 |
| 2004 | 459 | 4,220 | 2,777 | 2,219 | — | 9,697 |
| 2003 | 838 | 3,875 | 2,858 | 2,189 | — | 9,785 |
| 2002 | 1,100 | 4,600 | 3,000 | 2,150 | — | 10,870 |
| 2001 | 730 | 3,900 | 2,700 | 1,600 | — | 8,950 |
| 2000 | 260 | 3,900 | 2,620 | 2,000 | — | 8,810 |
| 1999 | 260 | 3,900 | 16,950 | 1,450 | — | 23,060 |
| 1998 | 140 | 2,240 | 32,740 | 1,550 | — | 36,680 |
| 1997 | 720 | 10,600 | 18,000 | — | — | 29,320 |
| 1996 | 800 | 10,900 | 37,105 | — | — | 48,805 |
| 1995 | 1,350 | 14,100 | 20,951 | — | — | 36,401 |
| 1994 | 1,000 | 12,100 | 27,100 | — | — | 40,231 |
| 1993 | 2,250 | 19,100 | 18,457 | — | 5 | 39,822 |
| 1992 | 151,600 | 56,400 | 16,510 | — | 12 | 224,540 |
| 1991 | 45,000 | 112,900 | 7,500 | — | — | 165,410 |
| 1990 | 192,200 | 43,500 | 10,900 | — | — | 246,624 |
| 1989 | 225,900 | 49,300 | 9,720 | — | 48 | 284,979 |
| 1988 | — | 167,857 | — | — | — | 167,864 |
| 1987 | — | — | 2,308 | — | 1,246 | 3,554 |
▎ 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.