EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Anchor Brake Shoe Co
West Chicago, IL · Parent: New York Air Brake
- Total releases
- 11.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Anchor Brake Shoe Co: how the 11.1K lbs splits
11.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 10.2K lbs 91.9%
- Air Releases 896 lbs 8.1%
Anchor Brake Shoe Co's 11.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 8.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Anchor Brake Shoe Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in West Chicago, IL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 2.2K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 11.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,596 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. Anchor Brake Shoe Co is pounds #411 and chemical-count #573 at 11.1K 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: Fxi Inc. - West Chicago; Alpha Coating Technologies LLC; American Standard Circuits in C.; Mapei Corp. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Illinois: Brunswick Freshwater Group; Miller/greeneville Plant 2; Carry-On Trailer Corp; Gvs Filtration. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Chromium.
Anchor Brake Shoe Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brunswick Freshwater Group and Miller/greeneville Plant 2.
Anchor Brake Shoe Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Anchor Brake Shoe Co: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Anchor Brake Shoe Co reports the 607th-largest volume (11.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 68.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Brunswick Freshwater Group and Miller/greeneville Plant 2.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Anchor Brake Shoe Co's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 68.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Anchor Brake Shoe Co's total reported releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Anchor Brake Shoe Co's air releases fell from 192 lb in 2022 to 175 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Anchor Brake Shoe Co's off-site transfers fell from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Anchor Brake Shoe Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Anchor Brake Shoe Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 8% (2.4K lbs to 2.2K lbs).
Anchor Brake Shoe Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Anchor Brake Shoe Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 8% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 2.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.2K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 7.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium | 3.5K lbs | - |
Anchor Brake Shoe Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Anchor Brake Shoe Co
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Fxi Inc. - West Chicago, Alpha Coating Technologies LLC, American Standard Circuits in C., ordered by distance.
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Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Brunswick Freshwater Group, Miller/greeneville Plant 2, Carry-On Trailer Corp.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Anchor Brake Shoe Co on cumulative reported pounds (11.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Integrity Cabinets LLC, Coloplast Manufacturing US Llc-Mankato, Sinton Dairy Foods Co LLC. 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.
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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 Zinc compounds, Chromium; nearby reporters include Fxi Inc. - West Chicago. Anchor Brake Shoe Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Anchor Brake Shoe Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Anchor Brake Shoe Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for West Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336510 · Transportation Equipment. 0.6% of Dupage TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Integrity Cabinets LLC (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Anchor Brake Shoe Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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