EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.
Decatur, IL · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 38.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.: how the 38.7K lbs splits
38.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 30.3K lbs 78.3%
- Air Releases 8.4K lbs 21.7%
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.'s 38.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 78.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 21.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
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 OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, IL, in the machinery sector. It reported 33.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 38.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,734 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. Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. is pounds #274 and chemical-count #236 at 38.7K 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: Mueller - North Foundry; Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry); Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1025; Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Illinois: Vehicle Service Group; Koch Filter Corp; Beko Technologies Corp; Landoll Co LLC. Other Caterpillar Inc sites in this extract: Caterpillar Reman Div; Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant; Caterpillar East Peoria; Caterpillar Inc. - High Performance Molded Products. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Naphthalene; Ethylene glycol; Chromium.
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (78.3% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 38.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vehicle Service Group and Koch Filter Corp.
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
39K lbs Top 26% higher than 74% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.: Manganese-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. reports the 109th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese alone is 98.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Vehicle Service Group and Koch Filter Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.'s pounds in one chemical - here Manganese at 98.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.'s total reported releases rose from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.'s air releases rose from 271 lb in 2022 to 7.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.'s off-site transfers rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. Form-R facts
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See how Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
75% less than the comparison
5.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 38.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 3223% (1.0K lbs to 33.8K lbs).
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.: 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 Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3223% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 874 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 33.8K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 38.2K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 480 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene glycol | 21 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 1 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Mueller - North Foundry, Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry), Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1025, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Vehicle Service Group, Koch Filter Corp, Beko Technologies Corp.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. on cumulative reported pounds (38.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Legrand Av Blue Ash, Sunsation Products Inc, Koch Foods of Fairfield. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Legrand Av Blue Ash Cincinnati, OH · Plastics and Rubber 38.7K lbs reported
- Sunsation Products Inc Clay Township, MI · Transportation Equipment 38.7K lbs reported
- Koch Foods of Fairfield Fairfield, OH · Food 38.7K lbs reported
- Fca US Kokomo Casting Plant Kokomo, IN · Primary Metals 38.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Caterpillar Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Caterpillar Reman Div, Caterpillar Inc Mapleton Plant, Caterpillar East Peoria.
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 Manganese, Naphthalene, Ethylene glycol, Chromium; nearby reporters include Mueller - North Foundry. Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. stamps LIGHT 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 Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333120 · Machinery. 0.1% of Macon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Legrand Av Blue Ash (Δ 12 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Caterpillar Inc. Decatur Fac. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese. 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