EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC
Joliet, IL
- Total releases
- 9.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC: how the 9.6K lbs splits
9.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 9.5K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 40 lbs 0.4%
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC's 9.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Joliet, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 16 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 9.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,906 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. Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC is pounds #424 and chemical-count #203 at 9.6K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rho Chemical Co. Inc.; Seeler Industries Inc; Pq Corp; Hendrickson Bumper. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Pasadena Performance Products LLC; Sigma Life Sciences; Vwr Chemicals LLC; Polyurethane Specialties Co.in C.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper And Copper Compounds; Copper compounds; Nitric acid; Cobalt compounds.
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pasadena Performance Products LLC and Sigma Life Sciences.
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.6K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC: Copper And Copper Compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC reports the 2,075th-largest volume (9.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper And Copper Compounds alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Pasadena Performance Products LLC and Sigma Life Sciences.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Copper And Copper Compounds at 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC's total reported releases rose from 4 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 10 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (3.3K lbs to 16 lbs).
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC: 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 Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Copper And Copper Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 6.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 12 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 16 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 9.5K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 20 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Rho Chemical Co. Inc., Seeler Industries Inc, Pq Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC on cumulative reported pounds (9.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Pasadena Performance Products LLC, Arlon Emd, Northwest Building Tech Inc. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
- Pasadena Performance Products LLC Pasadena, TX · Chemicals 9.5K lbs reported
- Arlon Emd Rancho Cucamonga, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 9.5K lbs reported
- Northwest Building Tech Inc Seattle, WA · Wood Products 9.5K lbs reported
- Azz Galvanizing - South Carolina LLC Blacksburg, SC · Fabricated Metals 9.5K 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 Copper And Copper Compounds, Copper compounds, Nitric acid, Cobalt compounds; nearby reporters include Rho Chemical Co. Inc.. Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper And Copper Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Joliet, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Will TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pasadena Performance Products LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bluestone Specialty Chemicals LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper And Copper 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