EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants
Chicago, IL · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 16.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants: how the 16.8K lbs splits
16.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 16.8K lbs 100.0%
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants's 16.8K 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: Methanol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 3.2K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 16.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,638 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. Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants is pounds #368 and chemical-count #558 at 16.8K 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: Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly; Pvs Chemical Solutions Inc; Atlas Tube Inc; Tower Automotive. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Fmc Corp Middleport Plant; Teknor Color Co; Hb Chemical - Ravago Chemical Distribution Inc; Veranova L.P.. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Maleic anhydride.
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 16.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Fmc Corp Middleport Plant and Teknor Color Co.
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
17K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants: Methanol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants reports the 1,819th-largest volume (16.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Fmc Corp Middleport Plant and Teknor Color Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants's total reported releases fell from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants's air releases fell from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 16.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 4% (3.3K lbs to 3.2K lbs).
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants: 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 Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 3.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 3.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 3.2K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 16.8K lbs | - |
| Maleic anhydride | 0 lbs | - |
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly, Pvs Chemical Solutions Inc, Atlas Tube Inc, ordered by distance.
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Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Fmc Corp Middleport Plant, Teknor Color Co, Hb Chemical - Ravago Chemical Distribution Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants on cumulative reported pounds (16.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include H & M Plating Co Inc., Linde Gas & Equipment Inc., Fmc Corp Middleport Plant. 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.
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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).
Other Cargill Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Cargill Corn Milling, Cargill Inc.
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 Methanol, Maleic anhydride; nearby reporters include Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly. Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants 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.
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This Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325510 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: H & M Plating Co Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Inc. Industrial Oils & Lubricants stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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