EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Duraco Specialty Tapes
Forest Park, IL
- Total releases
- 27.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Duraco Specialty Tapes: how the 27.5K lbs splits
27.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27.5K lbs 100.0%
Duraco Specialty Tapes's 27.5K 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: Toluene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Duraco Specialty Tapes is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Forest Park, IL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 4.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 27.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,511 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. Duraco Specialty Tapes is pounds #310 and chemical-count #767 at 27.5K 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: Thule Inc.; Elkay Plumbing Products Co; Saporito Finishing Co; Accurate Anodizing. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Illinois: Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett; Teknor Apex Elastomers Inc.; 3M Co-Greenville; Orenco Systems Inc - North Bank Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene.
Duraco Specialty Tapes stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett and Teknor Apex Elastomers Inc..
Duraco Specialty Tapes vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
28K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Duraco Specialty Tapes: Toluene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Duraco Specialty Tapes reports the 616th-largest volume (27.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Toluene alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett and Teknor Apex Elastomers Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Duraco Specialty Tapes's pounds in one chemical - here Toluene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Duraco Specialty Tapes's total reported releases fell from 4.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Duraco Specialty Tapes's air releases fell from 4.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Duraco Specialty Tapes Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Duraco Specialty Tapes releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 27.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (6.1K lbs to 4.8K lbs).
Duraco Specialty Tapes: 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 Duraco Specialty Tapes year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 5.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 6.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 4.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 4.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 27.5K lbs | - |
Duraco Specialty Tapes · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Duraco Specialty Tapes
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Thule Inc., Elkay Plumbing Products Co, Saporito Finishing Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Plastics and Rubber Facilities
Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett, Teknor Apex Elastomers Inc., 3M Co-Greenville.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Duraco Specialty Tapes on cumulative reported pounds (27.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Championx-Odessa East 528, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Alta Dena Certified Dairy, Uop LLC Baton Rouge Plant. 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.
- Championx-Odessa East 528 Odessa, TX · Chemicals 27.5K lbs reported
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Alta Dena Certified Dairy City Of Industry, CA · Food 27.5K lbs reported
- Uop LLC Baton Rouge Plant Baton Rouge, LA · Chemicals 27.5K lbs reported
- Pace Industries Inc. Harrison, AR · Primary Metals 27.5K lbs reported
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 Toluene; nearby reporters include Thule Inc.. Duraco Specialty Tapes 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.
Use and verify this record
This Duraco Specialty Tapes TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Duraco Specialty Tapes totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Forest Park, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326299 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Championx-Odessa East 528 (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Duraco Specialty Tapes stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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