Facility detail

APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP

5502 OBERLIN DR, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92121

Parent company: NA

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 N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Ammonia Total (lbs)
2001 — 736 — — 736
2000 — 736 — — 736
1999 — 759 — — 759
1998 — 736 — — 736
1996 — 694 — — 694
1995 — 715 — 250 965
1994 — — 324 237 561
1993 4,906 — 350 237 5,493
1992 — — 367 244 611
1991 — — 350 229 579
1990 — — 500 250 750
1989 — — 500 250 750
1988 — — 500 250 750
1987 — — 500 — 500

▎ 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.