Facility detail

ASHLAND CHEMICAL CO

291 W ADAMS ST, COLTON, CA, 92324

Parent company: ASHLAND INC

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 Styrene Phthalic anhydride Maleic anhydride Dicyclopentadiene Ethylene glycol Total (lbs)
1998 273 273
1997 1,554 405 121 75 124 2,279
1996 2,778 303 136 80 114 3,411
1995 953 316 119 309 69 1,859
1994 886 132 51 28 1,100
1993 677 39 39 21 778
1992 1,385 91 1,482
1991 1,305 223 83 1,611
1990 2,751 548 246 14 3,577
1989 2,984 465 566 12 4,039
1988 492 501
1987 24,315 24,315

▎ 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.