EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc.
South Holland, IL
- Total releases
- 280 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc.: how the 280 lbs splits
280 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 280 lbs 100.0%
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc.'s 280 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: Sodium nitrite.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in South Holland, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 79 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2021, and 280 lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 15,442 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. Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. is pounds #698 and chemical-count #348 at 280 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: Niagara Lasalle Corp - South Holland; Gibraltar Chemical Works Inc; Allied Tube & Conduit Corp.; Fuchs Lubricants Co-Corporate Office. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC; New Dawn Manufacturing Co; Praxair Inc; Air Products & Chemcials Inc Norco Smr. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nonylphenol Ethoxylates; Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate.
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 280 lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC and New Dawn Manufacturing Co.
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
280 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. reports the 3,051st-largest volume (280 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC and New Dawn Manufacturing Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 280 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases decreased by 35% (121 lbs to 79 lbs).
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 35% from 2019 to 2021). 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: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 121 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 79 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 79 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 247 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 19 lbs | - |
| Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 12 lbs | - |
| Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate | 2 lbs | - |
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Niagara Lasalle Corp - South Holland, Gibraltar Chemical Works Inc, Allied Tube & Conduit Corp., ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC, New Dawn Manufacturing Co, Praxair Inc.
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 Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate; nearby reporters include Niagara Lasalle Corp - South Holland. Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. stamps TRACE 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 Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for South Holland, IL, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Industrial Specialty Chemicals Inc. stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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