EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &
Lemont, IL · Parent: Olin Corp
- Total releases
- 486 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &: how the 486 lbs splits
486 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 310 lbs 63.8%
- Water Discharges 176 lbs 36.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &'s 486 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 63.8% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 36.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chlorine.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lemont, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 64 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 486 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,859 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. K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & is pounds #673 and chemical-count #862 at 486 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: Cci Manufacturing Il Corp; Ozinga Il Rmc Lemont; The Morey Corp; Champion Packaging & Distribution Inc.. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Colgate Palmolive Co; Church & Dwight Co. Inc.; Mexichem Specialty Compounds; Continental Carbonic Products Inc.. Other Olin Corp sites in this extract: Blue Cube Operations LLC - Plaquemine Site; Freeport_olin Bc; Olin Winchester LLC Main Plant; Olin Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chlorine.
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Lemont, IL: 486 lbs across 1 chemical. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 63.8%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Colgate Palmolive Co and Church & Dwight Co. Inc..
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
486 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & reports the 2,971st-largest volume (486 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Colgate Palmolive Co and Church & Dwight Co. Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &'s total reported releases fell from 80 lb in 2022 to 64 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &'s water releases fell from 22 lb in 2022 to 8 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & Form-R facts
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See how K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 486 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 54% (138 lbs to 64 lbs).
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products &: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 54% 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: Chlorine.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 138 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 116 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 87 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 80 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 64 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chlorine | 486 lbs | - |
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & in Cook
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Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Cci Manufacturing Il Corp, Ozinga Il Rmc Lemont, The Morey Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Colgate Palmolive Co, Church & Dwight Co. Inc., Mexichem Specialty Compounds.
Other Olin Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Blue Cube Operations LLC - Plaquemine Site, Freeport_olin Bc, Olin Winchester LLC Main Plant.
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 Chlorine; nearby reporters include Cci Manufacturing Il Corp. K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & stamps TRACE volume · MIXED 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 K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Chlorine) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lemont, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: U.S. Lime Co St Clair (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
K.a. Steel Chemicals Inc. D/b/a Olin Chlor Alkali Products & stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 63.8%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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