Facility detail

MOLYCORP INC

9481 N HWY 85, LOUVIERS, CO, 80131

Parent company: UNOCAL CORP

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 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Ammonia Xylene (mixed isomers) Nitric acid Total (lbs)
1992 21,000 4,200 — 22 25,222
1991 31,000 8,250 9,400 378 49,028
1990 30,000 7,000 9,200 895 47,095
1989 29,100 2,200 — 60 31,360
1988 — 2,490 — 119 2,609
1987 — 2,286 — — 2,286

▎ 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.