EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant
Pontiac, IL · Parent: Caterpillar Inc
- Total releases
- 5.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant: how the 5.3K lbs splits
5.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.3K lbs 100.0%
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant's 5.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pontiac, IL, in the machinery sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 5.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,099 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 - Pontiac Plant is pounds #494 and chemical-count #809 at 5.3K 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: Anthony Liftgates Inc; Kodi Collective / Pontiac; Ptc Tubular Products LLC; Vactor Manufacturing Inc.. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Illinois: Intersystems International Inc.; Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Brent Div; Baltimore Aircoil Co; Roper Pump Co. 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: Chromium.
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Intersystems International Inc. and Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Brent Div.
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.3K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant reports the 254th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Intersystems International Inc. and Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Brent Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant's total reported releases fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant Form-R facts
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80% less 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 - Pontiac Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (3.4K lbs to 0 lbs).
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant: 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 - Pontiac Plant 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 5.3K lbs | - |
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Anthony Liftgates Inc, Kodi Collective / Pontiac, Ptc Tubular Products LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Intersystems International Inc., Unverferth Manufacturing Co Inc Brent Div, Baltimore Aircoil Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant on cumulative reported pounds (5.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Ens Technology LLC, Southern States LLC, Metal Masters Food Service Equ Ipment Co. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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.
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 Chromium; nearby reporters include Anthony Liftgates Inc. Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant 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.
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This Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pontiac, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333618 · Machinery. 20.5% of Livingston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ens Technology LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Caterpillar Inc - Pontiac Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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