Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
US DOE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
34 LOUIS WHITLOCK RD, CARLSBAD, NM, 88220
Parent company: US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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 | Trichloroethylene | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Carbon tetrachloride | Lead | Lead And Lead Compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 7,119 | 7,249 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | 7,150 | 7,288 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 14,405 |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | 5,331 | 5,418 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — | 9,569 | 9,808 |
| 2019 | 121,923 | 26,908 | 25,462 | — | — | 175,242 |
| 2018 | 157,097 | 34,112 | 32,015 | — | — | 223,638 |
| 2017 | 90,994 | 20,430 | 19,499 | — | — | 131,118 |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2014 | 25,250 | — | — | — | — | 25,332 |
| 2013 | 108,711 | 22,413 | 20,450 | — | — | 151,998 |
| 2012 | 56,466 | 12,317 | 16,258 | — | — | 85,390 |
| 2011 | — | 96,558 | 36,727 | — | — | 134,247 |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | 760 |
| 2009 | — | 14,423 | — | — | — | 15,822 |
| 2008 | — | 53,950 | 21,980 | — | — | 76,285 |
| 2007 | — | 22,277 | — | — | — | 22,465 |
| 2006 | — | 10,806 | — | — | — | 11,539 |
| 2005 | — | — | 12,481 | — | — | 12,682 |
| 2004 | — | — | — | 330 | — | 330 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | 68,048 | — | 81,707 |
▎ 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.