EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Apollo Colors Inc.
Rockdale, IL
- Total releases
- 15.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Apollo Colors Inc.: how the 15.0K lbs splits
15.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 15.0K lbs 100.0%
Apollo Colors Inc.'s 15.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Apollo Colors Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rockdale, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 1.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 15.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,908 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. Apollo Colors Inc. is pounds #379 and chemical-count #243 at 15.0K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Seating Concepts; Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Joliet; Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility; Ecolab Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Pure Encapsulations LLC; Solvay USA Inc; Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC; Iatric Manufacturing Solutions LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride; 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine dihydrochloride.
Apollo Colors Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pure Encapsulations LLC and Solvay USA Inc.
Apollo Colors Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Apollo Colors Inc.: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Apollo Colors Inc. reports the 1,874th-largest volume (15.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 91.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Pure Encapsulations LLC and Solvay USA Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Apollo Colors Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 91.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Apollo Colors Inc. Form-R facts
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See how Apollo Colors Inc. stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
35% less than the comparison
5.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Apollo Colors Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 51% (3.6K lbs to 1.8K lbs).
Apollo Colors Inc.: 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 Apollo Colors Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 51% 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 | 3.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 3.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 4.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 1.8K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 1.8K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 13.7K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 1.3K lbs | - |
| 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
| 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine dihydrochloride | 4 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Apollo Colors Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Apollo Colors Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Seating Concepts, Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Joliet, Laraway Recycling & Disposal Facility, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Pure Encapsulations LLC, Solvay USA Inc, Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Apollo Colors Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (15.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Assa Abloy Access & Egress Hardware Group - Corbin Russwin, US Naval Submarine Base San Diego, Pure Encapsulations LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Assa Abloy Access & Egress Hardware Group - Corbin Russwin Berlin, CT · Fabricated Metals 15.0K lbs reported
- US Naval Submarine Base San Diego San Diego, CA · Other 15.0K lbs reported
- Pure Encapsulations LLC Sudbury, MA · Chemicals 15.0K lbs reported
- Schwan Food Co - Pasadena Plant Pasadena, TX · Food 15.0K lbs reported
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 Certain glycol ethers, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride, 3,3'-Dimethoxybenzidine dihydrochloride; nearby reporters include Seating Concepts. Apollo Colors Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Apollo Colors Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Apollo Colors Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rockdale, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325130 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Will TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Assa Abloy Access & Egress Hardware Group - Corbin Russwin (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Apollo Colors Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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