Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Chemours Belle Plant have risen 73% since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Chemours Belle Plant
Total reported releases 506k lb held roughly steady year over year (-3%). Total releases concentrations are up 73% since 2010.
901 W DUPONT AVE, Belle, West Virginia · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by The Chemours Co
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Notable Signals
Formic acid
Formic acid releases at Chemours Belle Plant rose from 1k lb to 26k lb (23.4×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol
Methanol at Chemours Belle Plant have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Sodium nitrite
Sodium nitrite concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations have fallen 42% since 2012.
Methyl methacrylate
Methyl methacrylate concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.
N,N-Dimethylformamide
N,N-Dimethylformamide concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Cyanide compounds
Cyanide compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (8 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 7,757. Why we surface this →
42.9%
Low-income
10.5%
People of color
4.2%
Under age 5
22.7%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.