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.