Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
U.S. DOD USAF, ELLSWORTH AFB
1959 SCOTT DR STE 1, ELLSWORTH AFB, SD, 57706
Parent company: US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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) | Chlorine | Naphthalene | Toluene | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | 14 | 138 | 39 | 224 |
| 2023 | — | — | 8 | 131 | 35 | 226 |
| 2022 | — | — | 24 | 131 | 45 | 260 |
| 2021 | — | — | 26 | 154 | 46 | 287 |
| 2020 | — | — | 44 | 117 | 31 | 273 |
| 2019 | — | — | 47 | 51 | 58 | 187 |
| 2018 | — | — | 34 | — | — | 34 |
| 2017 | — | — | 34 | — | — | 34 |
| 2016 | — | — | 60 | — | — | 60 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 2014 | 52,791 | — | 1 | — | — | 52,792 |
| 2013 | 37,891 | — | 119 | — | — | 38,010 |
| 2012 | 59,509 | — | 43 | — | — | 59,552 |
| 2011 | — | — | 26 | — | — | 26 |
| 2010 | — | — | 16 | — | — | 16 |
| 2009 | — | — | 22 | — | — | 22 |
| 2008 | — | — | 30 | — | — | 30 |
| 2007 | — | — | 47 | — | — | 47 |
| 2006 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 27 |
| 2005 | — | — | 36 | — | — | 36 |
| 2004 | — | — | 50 | — | — | 50 |
| 2003 | — | — | 48 | — | — | 48 |
| 2002 | — | — | 49 | — | — | 49 |
| 1995 | — | 11,250 | — | — | — | 11,250 |
| 1994 | — | 14,200 | — | — | — | 14,200 |
▎ 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.