EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Eklind Tool Co
Franklin Park, IL
- Total releases
- 28.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Eklind Tool Co: how the 28.6K lbs splits
28.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 28.4K lbs 99.1%
- Air Releases 261 lbs 0.9%
Eklind Tool Co's 28.6K 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: Sodium nitrite.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Eklind Tool Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Franklin Park, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 33 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 28.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,421 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. Eklind Tool Co is pounds #304 and chemical-count #544 at 28.6K 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: Valmont Coatings Inc Empire Galvanizing; Plating International Inc; United Electronics Corp; Vorteq Coil Finishers. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Ccl Container Aerosol Div; Wyman-Gordon Co; Rochester Overnight Plating LLC; Ryerson Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Eklind Tool Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.1% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 28.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ccl Container Aerosol Div and Wyman-Gordon Co.
Eklind Tool Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
29K 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
Eklind Tool Co: Sodium nitrite-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Eklind Tool Co reports the 856th-largest volume, placing it in the top 25% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sodium nitrite alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Ccl Container Aerosol Div and Wyman-Gordon Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Eklind Tool Co's pounds in one chemical - here Sodium nitrite at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Eklind Tool Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Eklind Tool Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 28.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 75% (131 lbs to 33 lbs).
Eklind Tool Co: 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 Eklind Tool Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 75% 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: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 131 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 28.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 37 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 32 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 33 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 28.5K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 121 lbs | - |
Eklind Tool Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Eklind Tool Co
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Valmont Coatings Inc Empire Galvanizing, Plating International Inc, United Electronics Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Ccl Container Aerosol Div, Wyman-Gordon Co, Rochester Overnight Plating LLC.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Eklind Tool Co on cumulative reported pounds (28.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Steel Dynamics Southwest Sinton Div, Amerities South LLC, Arkema Coating Resins Plant. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Steel Dynamics Southwest Sinton Div Sinton, TX · Primary Metals 28.6K lbs reported
- Amerities South LLC Hope, AR · Wood Products 28.6K lbs reported
- Arkema Coating Resins Plant Torrance, CA · Chemicals 28.7K lbs reported
- John Deere Coffeyville Works a Div of Deere & Compan Coffeyville, KS · Machinery 28.7K 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 Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Valmont Coatings Inc Empire Galvanizing. Eklind Tool Co 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 Eklind Tool Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Eklind Tool Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Franklin Park, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332216 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mondelez Global LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Eklind Tool Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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