Facility detail

CHEMETALL US INC (FKA OAKITE PRODUCTS INC)

16961 KNOTT AVE, LA MIRADA, CA, 90638

Parent company: ALBEMARLE CORP

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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 Dichloromethane 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Nitric acid Methyl ethyl ketone Phosphoric acid Total (lbs)
2013 — — 10 — — 20
2012 — — 10 — — 20
2011 — — — — — 10
2003 — — — — — 250
2002 — — — 500 — 500
1998 — — — — 500 500
1997 — — — 500 500 1,000
1996 — — 255 255 500 2,010
1995 — — 10 255 500 2,020
1994 — — 500 500 500 3,000
1993 — — 115 10 38 584
1992 — 550 305 40 30 1,270
1991 610 1,430 160 45 25 2,545
1990 2,512 980 173 51 19 3,939
1989 9,426 4,219 312 1,758 380 18,611
1988 8,662 — 4,100 1,500 — 15,262
1987 — 2,120 — — — 2,120

▎ 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.