Union Carbide Corp South Charleston Facility
Total reported releases 50k lb more than doubled year over year (+88%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 22% since 2010.
437 MACCORKLE AVE SW, South Charleston, West Virginia · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Dow INC
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations are up 52% since 2010.
Propylene oxide
Propylene oxide concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Allyl alcohol
Allyl alcohol concentrations have fallen 42% since 2010.
Benzyl chloride
Benzyl chloride concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations are up 72% since 2010.
Cresol (mixed isomers)
Cresol (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ethylene oxide
Ethylene oxide concentrations are up 23% since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (40 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 37,217. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.