EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
American Blending & Filling
Waukegan, IL
- Total releases
- 226 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
American Blending & Filling: how the 226 lbs splits
226 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 226 lbs 100.0%
American Blending & Filling's 226 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
American Blending & Filling is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waukegan, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 21 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 226 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,723 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. American Blending & Filling is pounds #712 and chemical-count #645 at 226 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: Abf Labs Inc.; Helio Precision Products; The Gillette Co. Llc/p&g North Chicago Plant; Medline Northpoint Services. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: C-Care LLC; Innovative Chemical Technologies Inc; Inx International Ink Co; Goodwin Co.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Ammonia.
American Blending & Filling stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 226 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include C-Care LLC and Innovative Chemical Technologies Inc.
American Blending & Filling vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
226 lbs 39th percentile higher than 39% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
American Blending & Filling in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, American Blending & Filling reports the 3,084th-largest volume (226 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include C-Care LLC and Innovative Chemical Technologies Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- American Blending & Filling's total reported releases fell from 58 lb in 2022 to 21 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Blending & Filling's air releases fell from 58 lb in 2022 to 21 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
American Blending & Filling Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How American Blending & Filling releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 226 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 66% (63 lbs to 21 lbs).
American Blending & Filling: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows American Blending & Filling year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 66% 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 63 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 42 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 42 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 58 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 21 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 183 lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 43 lbs | - |
American Blending & Filling · AIR-pathway site
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Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. C-Care LLC, Innovative Chemical Technologies Inc, Inx International Ink Co.
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 Certain glycol ethers, Ammonia; nearby reporters include Abf Labs Inc.. American Blending & Filling stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 American Blending & Filling TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
American Blending & Filling totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waukegan, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325620 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: C-Care LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
American Blending & Filling stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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