EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Imperial Plating Co
Chicago, IL
- Total releases
- 9.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Imperial Plating Co: how the 9.4K lbs splits
9.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 9.4K lbs 100.0%
Imperial Plating Co's 9.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. 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 CARC-MID
Imperial Plating Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 9.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023. That ranks 9,936 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. Imperial Plating Co is pounds #425 and chemical-count #577 at 9.4K 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: G.e. Mathis Co; Italmatch Sc LLC; Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC; Cornell Forge Co. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Thermal Engineering International; Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville; Applied Process Fort Smith; Rochester Steel Treating Works Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Imperial Plating Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.4K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Thermal Engineering International and Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville.
Imperial Plating Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.4K lbs Top 38% higher than 62% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Imperial Plating Co: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Imperial Plating Co reports the 1,177th-largest volume (9.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 65.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Thermal Engineering International and Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Imperial Plating Co's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 65.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Imperial Plating Co Form-R facts
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See how Imperial Plating Co stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
110.9× more than the comparison
33% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Imperial Plating Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.4K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 6.2K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 3.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
Imperial Plating Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Imperial Plating Co
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including G.e. Mathis Co, Italmatch Sc LLC, Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC, 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. Thermal Engineering International, Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville, Applied Process Fort Smith.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Imperial Plating Co on cumulative reported pounds (9.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Sprague Lawrence Terminal, Kuhn Krause Inc, Union Electric Steel Corp. 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.
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, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include G.e. Mathis Co. Imperial Plating Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID 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 Imperial Plating Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Imperial Plating Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sprague Lawrence Terminal (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Imperial Plating Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · 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