EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Clariant
West Chicago, IL · Parent: Clariant Plastics & Coatings USA Inc.
- Total releases
- 683 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Clariant: how the 683 lbs splits
683 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 677 lbs 99.1%
- Air Releases 6 lbs 0.9%
Clariant's 683 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Clariant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in West Chicago, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 683 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 14,393 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. Clariant is pounds #654 and chemical-count #636 at 683 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Fxi Inc. - West Chicago; Anchor Brake Shoe Co; American Standard Circuits in C.; Mapei Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Hje - a Central Garden & Pet Co; Sepro Distribution Center; Bedoukian Research Inc.; Dpt Laboratories Ltd.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Clariant stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.1% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 683 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hje - a Central Garden & Pet Co and Sepro Distribution Center.
Clariant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
683 lbs 45th percentile higher than 45% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Clariant in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Clariant reports the 2,917th-largest volume (683 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Hje - a Central Garden & Pet Co and Sepro Distribution Center.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Clariant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Clariant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 683 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Clariant: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Clariant year-over-year reported totals. 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 683 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 683 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
Clariant · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
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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 Zinc compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Fxi Inc. - West Chicago. Clariant stamps TRACE 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 Clariant TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Clariant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for West Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325991 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Dupage TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Certainteed Gypsum Nashville (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Clariant stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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