EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc
Bensenville, IL
- Total releases
- 4.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc: how the 4.7K lbs splits
4.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4.7K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 4 lbs 0.1%
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc's 4.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bensenville, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 948 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 4.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,296 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Alu-Bra Foundry Inc is pounds #501 and chemical-count #596 at 4.7K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Oldcastle Precast Inc; Gravure Ink; Sims Precious Metals; Vorteq Coil Finishers. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Walla Walla Foundry Inc.; Ati Flat Rolled Products Holdings LLC; Hydro Aluminum Metals USA LLC; Aludyne N.a. LLC - Alma. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Walla Walla Foundry Inc. and Ati Flat Rolled Products Holdings LLC.
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.7K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Alu-Bra Foundry Inc reports the 853rd-largest volume (4.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 96.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Walla Walla Foundry Inc. and Ati Flat Rolled Products Holdings LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Alu-Bra Foundry Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 96.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Alu-Bra Foundry Inc's total reported releases fell from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 948 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Alu-Bra Foundry Inc's air releases fell from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 947 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Alu-Bra Foundry Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 35% (1.5K lbs to 948 lbs).
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Alu-Bra Foundry Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 35% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 539 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 754 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 948 lbs | 2 |
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Alu-Bra Foundry Inc
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Oldcastle Precast Inc, Gravure Ink, Sims Precious Metals, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Walla Walla Foundry Inc., Ati Flat Rolled Products Holdings LLC, Hydro Aluminum Metals USA LLC.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Alu-Bra Foundry Inc on cumulative reported pounds (4.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Trinity Tank Car Inc Plt 192, Consolidated Equipment Group, Polygon Co. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Copper, Lead; nearby reporters include Oldcastle Precast Inc. Alu-Bra Foundry Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Alu-Bra Foundry Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bensenville, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331524 · Primary Metals. 0.3% of Dupage TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Trinity Tank Car Inc Plt 192 (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Alu-Bra Foundry Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov