EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Belmont Plating Works
Franklin Park, IL
- Total releases
- 533.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Belmont Plating Works: how the 533.8K lbs splits
533.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 517.3K lbs 96.9%
- Air Releases 16.5K lbs 3.1%
Belmont Plating Works's 533.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Belmont Plating Works is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Franklin Park, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 96.8K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 533.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,870 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. Belmont Plating Works is pounds #77 and chemical-count #73 at 533.8K 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: Just Manufacturing LLC; Hunter Panels a Div of Carlisle Construction Materials; Scot Forge Co; Nelsen Steel & Wire LP. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant; Gri Towers Texas; George Industries; Nucor Coatings Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds; Nickel compounds.
Belmont Plating Works stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.9% off-site transfers) across 11 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 533.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant and Gri Towers Texas.
Belmont Plating Works vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
534K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Belmont Plating Works in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Belmont Plating Works reports the 92nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside Illinois include Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant and Gri Towers Texas.
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
- Belmont Plating Works's total reported releases fell from 109.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 96.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Belmont Plating Works's off-site transfers fell from 105.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 93.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Belmont Plating Works's air releases fell from 3.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Belmont Plating Works Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Belmont Plating Works releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 533.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 17% (116.0K lbs to 96.8K lbs).
Belmont Plating Works: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Belmont Plating Works year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 17% 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 | 116.0K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 98.8K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 113.2K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 109.0K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 96.8K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 309.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 87.2K lbs | - |
| Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds | 74.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 31.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 8.4K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 8.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 4.2K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 4.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 924 lbs | - |
Belmont Plating Works · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Belmont Plating Works
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Just Manufacturing LLC, Hunter Panels a Div of Carlisle Construction Materials, Scot Forge Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant, Gri Towers Texas, George Industries.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Belmont Plating Works on cumulative reported pounds (533.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include Amway Nutrilite, Neograf Solutions LLC, Decorative Panels International. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
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 compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds, Nickel compounds; nearby reporters include Just Manufacturing LLC. Belmont Plating Works stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Belmont Plating Works TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Belmont Plating Works totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Franklin Park, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.8% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Amway Nutrilite (Δ 310 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Belmont Plating Works stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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