Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PROTECTIVE COATINGS INC
1215 2ND AVE N, KENT, WA, 98032
Parent company: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC
Carcinogen
— 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 | Methyl ethyl ketone | Trichloroethylene | 1-Bromopropane | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | n-Butyl alcohol | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 2021 | — | — | 10,957 | — | — | 10,959 |
| 2020 | — | — | 13,975 | — | — | 14,020 |
| 2019 | — | — | 21,633 | — | — | 21,684 |
| 2018 | — | — | 21,976 | — | — | 22,022 |
| 2017 | — | — | 20,960 | — | 14,110 | 35,116 |
| 2016 | — | — | 19,132 | — | 14,979 | 34,159 |
| 2015 | — | — | — | — | 16,690 | 16,739 |
| 2014 | — | — | — | — | 11,605 | 11,656 |
| 2013 | — | 8,952 | — | — | 12,307 | 21,312 |
| 2012 | — | 10,087 | — | — | 10,522 | 20,663 |
| 2011 | — | 2,499 | — | — | — | 2,548 |
| 2010 | — | 4,929 | — | — | — | 4,977 |
| 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | 505 |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | 505 |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | 505 |
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,005 |
| 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,005 |
| 2004 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,005 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,005 |
| 2001 | 14,855 | 15,185 | — | — | — | 31,045 |
| 2000 | 10,255 | 15,340 | — | — | — | 34,910 |
| 1999 | 12,255 | 12,955 | — | — | — | 27,725 |
| 1998 | 13,355 | 16,705 | — | — | — | 32,575 |
| 1997 | 13,005 | 17,055 | — | — | — | 41,155 |
| 1996 | 11,005 | 9,930 | — | 205 | — | 31,609 |
| 1995 | 10,735 | — | — | 7,005 | — | 25,451 |
| 1994 | 15,095 | — | — | 6,405 | — | 32,835 |
| 1993 | 21,380 | — | — | 6,605 | — | 42,627 |
| 1992 | 36,990 | — | — | 9,221 | — | 68,754 |
| 1991 | 52,562 | — | — | 22,656 | — | 103,374 |
| 1990 | 69,990 | — | — | 27,131 | — | 129,038 |
| 1989 | 26,000 | — | — | 4,900 | — | 43,400 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 750 |
▎ 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.