EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.
Chicago, IL
- Total releases
- 546.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.: how the 546.8K lbs splits
546.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 542.5K lbs 99.2%
- Air Releases 4.2K lbs 0.8%
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.'s 546.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 128.0K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 546.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,844 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. Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. is pounds #76 and chemical-count #219 at 546.8K 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: Color Communications Inc; Empire Hard Chrome Inc.; Chicago Steel Container LLC DBA North Coast Container; Meyer Steel Drum Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp; Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant; O W Hubbell & Sons Inc; Gri Towers Texas. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Cyanide compounds.
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.2% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 546.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp and Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant.
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
547K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. reports the 90th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 96.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp and Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 96.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 126.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 128.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.'s air releases rose from 839 lb in 2022 to 980 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 125.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 127.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 546.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 27% (100.5K lbs to 128.0K lbs).
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 27% 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 | 100.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 78.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 113.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 126.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 128.0K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 526.5K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 15.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 3.9K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 549 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 297 lbs | - |
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Color Communications Inc, Empire Hard Chrome Inc., Chicago Steel Container LLC DBA North Coast Container, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Ball Metal Beverage Container Corp, Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant, O W Hubbell & Sons Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (546.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery, Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton, Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc. 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.
- Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery Fortuna, CA · Food 547.2K lbs reported
- Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton Wahpeton, ND · Food 546.4K lbs reported
- Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc Cadillac, MI · Plastics and Rubber 547.2K lbs reported
- Morgantown Energy Associates Morgantown, WV · Electric Utilities 547.5K 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 Zinc compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid, Cyanide compounds; nearby reporters include Color Communications Inc. Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.8% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery (Δ 382 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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