EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Gates Corp
Galesburg, IL · Parent: Gates Corp
- Total releases
- 91.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gates Corp: how the 91.5K lbs splits
91.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 91.2K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 269 lbs 0.3%
- Water Discharges 55 lbs 0.1%
Gates Corp's 91.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Gates Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Galesburg, IL, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 24.8K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 91.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,776 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. Gates Corp is pounds #189 and chemical-count #229 at 91.5K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: National Coatings Inc; Koppers Inc. (galesburg Il); Heat & Control Inc; Smithfield-Monmouth. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Illinois: A-1 Fiberglass; Talalay Global; Wilbert Plastic Services; Dayco Products LLC Williston Plant. Other Gates Corp sites in this extract: Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp; Gates Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony compounds; Certain glycol ethers; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 91.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include A-1 Fiberglass and Talalay Global.
Gates Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
92K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gates Corp inside Knox's TRI pounds
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Gates Corp reports the 338th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 26.6% of every pound reported in Knox. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 74.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include A-1 Fiberglass and Talalay Global.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Knox's reported pounds (343.8K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gates Corp's total reported releases rose from 18.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gates Corp's off-site transfers rose from 18.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gates Corp's air releases rose from 55 lb in 2022 to 74 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gates Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gates Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 91.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1% (24.5K lbs to 24.8K lbs).
Gates Corp: 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 Gates Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 11.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 12.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 18.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 24.8K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 68.3K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 12.9K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 10.3K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 25 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lbs | - |
Gates Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gates Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including National Coatings Inc, Koppers Inc. (galesburg Il), Heat & Control Inc, 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. A-1 Fiberglass, Talalay Global, Wilbert Plastic Services.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gates Corp on cumulative reported pounds (91.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Riceland Foods Inc. - Stuttgart Rice Div, Whirlpool Corp Findlay Div, Bp America Production Block 31 Gas Plant. 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.
- Riceland Foods Inc. - Stuttgart Rice Div Stuttgart, AR · Food 91.5K lbs reported
- Whirlpool Corp Findlay Div Findlay, OH · Electrical Equipment 91.5K lbs reported
- Bp America Production Block 31 Gas Plant Crane, TX · Natural Gas Processing 91.6K lbs reported
- Ineos Polypropylene LLC Carson, CA · Chemicals 91.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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, Antimony compounds, Certain glycol ethers, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include National Coatings Inc. Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Gates Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gates Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Galesburg, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326220 · Plastics and Rubber. 26.6% of Knox TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Riceland Foods Inc. - Stuttgart Rice Div (Δ 19 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gates Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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