Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ASHLAND SPECIALTY CHEMICAL CO
4501 BENEFIT AVE, ASHTABULA, OH, 440045456
Parent company: ASHLAND INC
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 | Styrene | Acetone | Methyl methacrylate | Maleic anhydride | Phthalic anhydride | Total (lbs) |
| 2000 | 1,660 | — | — | 145 | — | 1,808 |
| 1999 | 2,363 | — | 98 | 232 | — | 2,697 |
| 1998 | 2,356 | — | 42 | 298 | — | 2,702 |
| 1997 | 4,675 | — | 32 | 205 | — | 4,936 |
| 1996 | 4,334 | — | 28 | 228 | 163 | 4,776 |
| 1995 | 4,665 | — | 65 | 259 | — | 5,011 |
| 1994 | 3,500 | — | 7 | 111 | 105 | 3,742 |
| 1993 | 5,502 | 3,796 | 68 | 193 | 15 | 9,589 |
| 1992 | 3,976 | 3,970 | 41 | 149 | 5 | 8,150 |
| 1991 | 9,310 | 1,702 | 736 | 191 | 32 | 11,979 |
| 1990 | 11,759 | 2,784 | 816 | 206 | 109 | 15,682 |
| 1989 | 10,023 | 891 | 654 | 195 | 137 | 11,909 |
| 1988 | 10,112 | 1,013 | — | 190 | 146 | 11,472 |
| 1987 | — | — | 500 | — | 500 | 1,000 |
▎ 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.