Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ASARCO INC EL PASO
2301 W PAISANO, EL PASO, TX, 799221622
Parent company: ASARCO 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 | Copper compounds | Copper | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Zinc compounds | Arsenic compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 1999 | — | 3,589 | — | — | — | 5,680 |
| 1998 | — | 21,900 | 18,250 | — | — | 49,299 |
| 1997 | — | 29,878 | 18,509 | — | — | 67,554 |
| 1996 | — | 151,455 | 18,500 | — | — | 223,636 |
| 1995 | — | 152,132 | 18,496 | — | — | 206,760 |
| 1994 | — | 67,948 | 18,056 | — | — | 125,052 |
| 1993 | — | 257,950 | 17,250 | — | — | 372,706 |
| 1992 | 241,950 | — | 83,250 | 45,000 | 56,000 | 485,215 |
| 1991 | 205,950 | — | 83,250 | 58,000 | 47,900 | 453,815 |
| 1990 | 205,950 | — | 55,274 | 58,000 | 47,900 | 422,394 |
| 1989 | 219,050 | — | 53,000 | 61,500 | — | 451,200 |
| 1988 | 206,450 | — | 53,000 | — | 47,300 | 314,200 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 12,946 |
▎ 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.