EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ardex
Bourbonnais, IL · Parent: Ardex
- Total releases
- 51.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ardex: how the 51.9K lbs splits
51.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 51.9K lbs 100.0%
Ardex's 51.9K 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: n-Hexane.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Ardex is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bourbonnais, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 12.5K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 51.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 6,048 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. Ardex is pounds #243 and chemical-count #392 at 51.9K 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: Csl Behring; Crown Beverage Packaging; Ahf Products; Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Imperative Chemical Partners Hempstead Facility; Renewable Biofuels Port Neches LLC; Sterling Specialty Chemicals USA LLC; Solutia Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Toluene; Certain glycol ethers.
Ardex stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 51.9K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Imperative Chemical Partners Hempstead Facility and Renewable Biofuels Port Neches LLC.
Ardex vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
52K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ardex: n-Hexane-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ardex reports the 1,272nd-largest volume (51.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 90.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Imperative Chemical Partners Hempstead Facility and Renewable Biofuels Port Neches LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ardex's pounds in one chemical - here n-Hexane at 90.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Ardex Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ardex releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 51.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 4% (13.1K lbs to 12.5K lbs).
Ardex: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Ardex year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% from 2019 to 2022). 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 14.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 12.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 12.5K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 46.9K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 5.0K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 0 lbs | - |
Ardex · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Csl Behring, Crown Beverage Packaging, Ahf Products, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ardex on cumulative reported pounds (51.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Tenaris Bay City Inc., Suiza Dairy Corp, Dura-Bond Steel Corp. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 n-Hexane, Toluene, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Csl Behring. Ardex stamps LIGHT 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 Ardex TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ardex totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bourbonnais, IL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 325520 · Chemicals. 1.2% of Kankakee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tenaris Bay City Inc. (Δ 11 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ardex stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. 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