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UNION CARBIDE CORP TEXAS CITY PLANT

3301 5TH AVE S, TEXAS CITY, TX, 77590

Parent company: DOW INC

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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	Acetone	Ethylene	Propylene	Vinyl acetate	Butyraldehyde	Total (lbs)
2024	—	24,086	17,313	11,326	6,854	94,895
2023	—	33,162	14,252	10,928	4,229	87,273
2022	—	38,315	8,305	11,116	4,197	87,823
2021	—	29,122	9,336	12,008	3,192	76,223
2020	—	29,434	13,911	11,508	3,528	82,218
2019	—	28,219	38,273	19,056	3,594	123,019
2018	—	23,629	18,969	19,806	3,611	130,011
2017	—	20,769	17,946	12,805	4,320	85,906
2016	—	27,657	14,384	20,672	3,960	99,580
2015	—	24,289	11,321	22,137	6,364	100,040
2014	—	36,349	16,541	16,794	9,916	113,384
2013	—	15,995	26,178	27,606	14,204	119,593
2012	—	22,395	39,871	16,350	9,154	129,321
2011	—	20,106	52,982	15,278	10,447	144,697
2010	—	12,452	38,481	16,678	9,398	130,611
2009	—	18,383	51,075	33,345	12,718	184,576
2008	—	19,005	64,996	45,206	14,251	216,541
2007	—	12,829	21,729	34,783	13,894	198,934
2006	—	14,300	32,716	85,610	18,504	256,651
2005	—	17,802	86,057	108,820	20,214	383,910
2004	—	22,401	153,050	130,227	59,380	538,603
2003	—	437,916	306,165	145,298	122,964	1,322,680
2002	—	320,066	209,869	195,205	155,737	1,211,439
2001	—	152,364	288,235	170,034	170,428	1,172,001
2000	—	260,071	169,629	143,641	122,065	1,133,205
1999	—	365,841	80,218	175,477	49,539	1,103,284
1998	—	453,061	967,560	105,190	67,619	2,177,354
1997	—	207,108	64,171	69,538	114,636	741,964
1996	—	443,602	93,722	197,587	27,956	1,075,171
1995	—	586,988	150,211	145,790	26,182	1,174,622
1994	—	405,970	336,128	125,095	33,238	1,168,801
1993	2,182,496	650,248	154,990	173,878	76,249	3,552,840
1992	2,100,278	948,140	388,694	186,596	68,340	4,171,883
1991	2,971,947	840,463	305,026	203,721	41,558	4,771,218
1990	5,223,803	698,306	514,234	220,957	72,868	7,011,225
1989	5,998,054	1,017,641	646,161	278,048	74,981	8,519,845
1988	561,455	—	501,196	49,344	331,137	1,877,974
1987	—	—	602,454	384,809	—	1,078,595

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