EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Decatur Foundry Inc
Decatur, IL · Parent: Decatur Foundry Inc
- Total releases
- 22.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Decatur Foundry Inc: how the 22.7K lbs splits
22.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 17.9K lbs 78.9%
- Off-site Transfers 4.8K lbs 21.1%
Decatur Foundry Inc's 22.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 78.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 21.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Naphthalene.
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-HEAVY
Decatur Foundry Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 4.6K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 22.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,950 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. Decatur Foundry Inc is pounds #330 and chemical-count #238 at 22.7K 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 Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry); Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC; Mueller - North Foundry; Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1025. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Nikkei Mc Aluminum America Inc; Northern Stainless Corp; Quaker City Castings; Phillips & Johnston Rock River Fabrications. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Naphthalene; Phenol; Lead; Manganese.
Decatur Foundry Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (78.9% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 22.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nikkei Mc Aluminum America Inc and Northern Stainless Corp.
Decatur Foundry Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
23K lbs Top 31% higher than 69% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Decatur Foundry Inc: carcinogen-lbs share on Form-R
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Decatur Foundry Inc reports the 624th-largest volume (22.7K lbs). Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 67.2% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Illinois include Nikkei Mc Aluminum America Inc and Northern Stainless Corp.
Carcinogen-heavy means ≥50% of pounds (67.2% here), not of chemical count. EPA/IARC classification ≠ site risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Decatur Foundry Inc's total reported releases rose from 4.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Decatur Foundry Inc's air releases rose from 3.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Decatur Foundry Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Decatur Foundry Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 22.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 13% (5.3K lbs to 4.6K lbs).
Decatur 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 Decatur Foundry Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased 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: Naphthalene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 4.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 3.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 4.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 4.6K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Naphthalene | 12.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenol | 5.8K lbs | - |
| Lead | 2.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Manganese | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
Decatur Foundry Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Decatur Foundry Inc
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry), Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC, Mueller - North Foundry, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Nikkei Mc Aluminum America Inc, Northern Stainless Corp, Quaker City Castings.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Decatur Foundry Inc on cumulative reported pounds (22.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Phibro Animal Health Corp, Safety-Kleen Systems Inc, Revlis Corp. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Naphthalene, Phenol, Lead, Manganese; nearby reporters include Mueller Co. Plant #4 (south Foundry). Decatur Foundry Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Decatur Foundry Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Naphthalene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Decatur Foundry Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331511 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Macon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phibro Animal Health Corp (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Decatur Foundry Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Naphthalene. 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