EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.
Dolton, IL
- Total releases
- 6.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.: how the 6.4K lbs splits
6.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 6.4K lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.'s 6.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dolton, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 6.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,723 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. Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. is pounds #468 and chemical-count #588 at 6.4K 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: Polychemie Inc; Safety-Kleen Systems; Ardagh Glass Inc; Accurate Dispersions. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes; Briteline Extrusions Inc; American Foundry Group LLC Alloy 2 Facility; Aam Metal Forming. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Compare Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. with
Nearest reporters in Illinois
- Polychemie Inc Dolton · 1.7K lbs
- Safety-Kleen Systems Dolton · 201.9K lbs
- Ardagh Glass Inc Dolton · 15.6K lbs
- Accurate Dispersions South Holland · 79.2K lbs
Similar-scale Primary Metals sites elsewhere: Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes (MI) · Briteline Extrusions Inc (SC) · American Foundry Group LLC Alloy 2 Facility (OK)
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes and Briteline Extrusions Inc.
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.4K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.: Copper-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. reports the 803rd-largest volume (6.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Copper alone is 95.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes and Briteline Extrusions Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Copper at 95.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.'s chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.'s air releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 13% (1.1K lbs to 1.3K lbs).
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Calumet Brass Foundry Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Polychemie Inc, Safety-Kleen Systems, Ardagh Glass Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Cascade Die Casting / Great Lakes, Briteline Extrusions Inc, American Foundry Group LLC Alloy 2 Facility.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (6.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Dyno Nobel Inc, Covalence Specialty Adhesives LLC, Lala Branded Products 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.
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
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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 Copper, Lead; nearby reporters include Polychemie Inc. Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dolton, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331524 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dyno Nobel Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Calumet Brass Foundry Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper. 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