Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
CATERPILLAR INC
3701 SOUTH ST, LAFAYETTE, IN, 47905
Parent company: CATERPILLAR 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 | Certain glycol ethers | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Freon 113 (CFC-113) | Ethylene glycol | Diethanolamine | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | — | 158 | — | 158 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | 221 | — | 221 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | 221 | — | 221 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | 155 | — | 155 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | 74 | — | 74 |
| 2019 | — | — | — | 71 | — | 71 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | 105 | — | 105 |
| 2017 | — | — | — | 220 | — | 220 |
| 2016 | — | — | — | 221 | — | 221 |
| 2015 | — | — | — | 221 | — | 221 |
| 2014 | 3,340 | — | — | 221 | — | 3,561 |
| 2013 | 23,957 | — | — | 220 | — | 24,177 |
| 2012 | 3,776 | — | — | 220 | — | 3,996 |
| 2011 | 3,950 | — | — | 3 | — | 3,953 |
| 2010 | 2,511 | — | — | 3 | — | 2,514 |
| 2009 | 2,350 | — | — | 3 | — | 2,353 |
| 2008 | 3,823 | — | — | 6 | — | 3,829 |
| 2007 | 4,639 | — | — | 12 | — | 4,651 |
| 2006 | 4,382 | — | — | 8 | — | 4,390 |
| 2005 | 3,947 | — | — | 8 | — | 3,955 |
| 2004 | 3,543 | — | — | 8 | — | 3,551 |
| 2003 | 4,603 | 10,593 | — | 5 | — | 15,211 |
| 2002 | 5,198 | 12,673 | — | 5 | — | 17,881 |
| 2001 | 18,938 | 10,512 | — | 5 | — | 29,710 |
| 2000 | — | 12,998 | — | 10 | — | 13,258 |
| 1999 | — | 8,417 | — | 10 | — | 8,682 |
| 1998 | — | 9,150 | — | 255 | — | 9,665 |
| 1997 | 5,850 | 12,250 | — | 250 | — | 18,605 |
| 1996 | 1,850 | 9,450 | — | 250 | — | 11,834 |
| 1995 | 15,100 | 8,500 | — | 5 | 1,000 | 24,880 |
| 1994 | 20,250 | 2,450 | — | 5 | 1,000 | 23,980 |
| 1993 | 14,250 | 7,250 | — | 251 | 1,000 | 22,781 |
| 1992 | 16,250 | — | — | 255 | — | 17,010 |
| 1991 | 14,250 | — | 13,000 | 500 | — | 28,255 |
| 1990 | 10,477 | — | 15,870 | 250 | — | 27,102 |
| 1989 | — | 250 | 16,000 | — | — | 16,500 |
▎ 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.