Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING CO INC
121 MERIDIAN AVE, COZAD, NE, 69130
Parent company: TENNECO INC
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 | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Methyl ethyl ketone | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | n-Butyl alcohol | Ethylbenzene | Total (lbs) |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | 127 |
| 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | 142 |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | 210 |
| 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | 190 |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | 760 |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | 560 |
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | 594 |
| 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | 690 |
| 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | 654 |
| 2003 | — | 5,320 | — | — | — | 5,908 |
| 2002 | — | 3,394 | — | — | — | 3,856 |
| 2001 | 18,460 | 16,154 | — | 4,564 | — | 39,630 |
| 2000 | 68,940 | 20,742 | 10,297 | 14,362 | 20,531 | 135,505 |
| 1999 | 62,185 | 17,429 | 9,649 | 13,826 | 18,246 | 121,977 |
| 1998 | 60,005 | 21,605 | 20,005 | 12,305 | — | 118,690 |
| 1997 | 64,005 | 16,205 | 27,005 | 15,005 | 11,305 | 138,550 |
| 1996 | 45,005 | 14,805 | 21,605 | 10,005 | 7,405 | 104,095 |
| 1995 | 45,005 | 12,405 | 21,805 | 9,005 | 7,205 | 100,195 |
| 1994 | 45,005 | 24,505 | 16,205 | 7,305 | — | 106,500 |
| 1993 | 39,305 | 14,905 | 19,005 | — | — | 84,993 |
| 1992 | 109,005 | 24,405 | 14,905 | 16,105 | 16,305 | 202,989 |
| 1991 | 87,005 | 12,605 | 11,105 | — | 16,305 | 136,618 |
| 1990 | 83,005 | 209,005 | — | — | — | 297,310 |
| 1989 | 86,250 | — | — | — | — | 152,600 |
| 1988 | 52,280 | — | — | — | — | 120,721 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 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.