EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Essential Chemicals USA LLC
Chicago Heights, IL
- Total releases
- 10 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Essential Chemicals USA LLC: how the 10 lbs splits
10 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 10 lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 0 lbs 0.4%
Essential Chemicals USA LLC's 10 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Essential Chemicals USA LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago Heights, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 10 lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,582 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. Essential Chemicals USA LLC is pounds #841 and chemical-count #915 at 10 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: Gerresheimer Glass Inc; Real Alloy Recycling LLC; Itw Specialty Films; Mid-Town Petroleum Acquisition LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Textile Rubber & Chemical Co; Hydro-Chem Systems; Perrigo Ny; Arrmaz Products Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Essential Chemicals USA LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10 lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Textile Rubber & Chemical Co and Hydro-Chem Systems.
Essential Chemicals USA LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
10 lbs 28th percentile higher than 28% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Essential Chemicals USA LLC in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Essential Chemicals USA LLC reports the 3,324th-largest volume (10 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Textile Rubber & Chemical Co and Hydro-Chem Systems.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Essential Chemicals USA LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Essential Chemicals USA LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases increased by 3103% (0 lbs to 10 lbs).
Essential Chemicals USA LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Essential Chemicals USA LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3103% from 2022 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 10 lbs | Carcinogen |
Essential Chemicals USA LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Essential Chemicals USA LLC
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Gerresheimer Glass Inc, Real Alloy Recycling LLC, Itw Specialty Films, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Textile Rubber & Chemical Co, Hydro-Chem Systems, Perrigo Ny.
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 Lead; nearby reporters include Gerresheimer Glass Inc. Essential Chemicals USA LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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 Essential Chemicals USA LLC TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Essential Chemicals USA LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago Heights, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: New Gldc LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Essential Chemicals USA LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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