EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Guardian West
Urbana, IL · Parent: Flex-N-Gate Corp
- Total releases
- 32.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Guardian West: how the 32.3K lbs splits
32.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 30.0K lbs 92.8%
- Off-site Transfers 2.3K lbs 7.1%
- Land Disposal 20 lbs 0.1%
- Water Discharges 15 lbs <0.1%
Guardian West's 32.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 92.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 7.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Guardian West is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Urbana, IL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 8.0K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 32.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,126 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. Guardian West is pounds #289 and chemical-count #158 at 32.3K 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: Emulsicoat Inc; Safety-Kleen Systems Urbana (urb); Apl Engineered Materials Inc; Aldrich-Apl LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Illinois: Pratt & Whitney; Recreation Unlimited LLC; Design Concepts/marine Concepts; Explorer Van Inc. Other Flex-N-Gate Corp sites in this extract: Master Guard LLC; Ventra Ionia Main LLC; Ventra Ionia Paint LLC; Flex-N-Gate Oklahoma L.L.C.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Nickel And Nickel Compounds; Zinc compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Guardian West stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (92.8% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 32.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pratt & Whitney and Recreation Unlimited LLC.
Guardian West vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
32K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Guardian West: Methanol-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Guardian West reports the 466th-largest volume (32.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 92.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Pratt & Whitney and Recreation Unlimited LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Guardian West's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 92.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Guardian West's total reported releases fell from 8.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Guardian West's off-site transfers rose from 332 lb in 2022 to 436 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Guardian West's air releases fell from 8.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Guardian West Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Guardian West releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 32.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 953% (755 lbs to 8.0K lbs).
Guardian West: 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 Guardian West year-over-year reported totals (increased by 953% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 755 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 6.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 8.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 8.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 8.0K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 29.8K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 594 lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 576 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 156 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 92 lbs | - |
| Lead | 25 lbs | Carcinogen |
Guardian West · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Guardian West
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Emulsicoat Inc, Safety-Kleen Systems Urbana (urb), Apl Engineered Materials Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Pratt & Whitney, Recreation Unlimited LLC, Design Concepts/marine Concepts.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Guardian West on cumulative reported pounds (32.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Piedmont Chemical Industries I LLC, Bear Creek Gas Plant, Trebol USA LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Piedmont Chemical Industries I LLC High Point, NC · Chemicals 32.4K lbs reported
- Bear Creek Gas Plant Killdeer, ND · Natural Gas Processing 32.4K lbs reported
- Trebol USA LLC Andrews, SC · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 32.3K lbs reported
- Zalk Steel & Supply Co Minneapolis, MN · Fabricated Metals 32.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Flex-N-Gate Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Master Guard LLC, Ventra Ionia Main LLC, Ventra Ionia Paint LLC.
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 Methanol, Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Emulsicoat Inc. Guardian West stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Guardian West TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Guardian West totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Urbana, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 12.7% of Champaign TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Piedmont Chemical Industries I LLC (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Guardian West stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol. 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