EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Kempen Paint Co
East Carondelet, IL
- Total releases
- 9.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kempen Paint Co: how the 9.9K lbs splits
9.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 9.3K lbs 93.5%
- Off-site Transfers 642 lbs 6.5%
Kempen Paint Co's 9.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 93.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 6.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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
Kempen Paint Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Carondelet, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 9.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,837 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. Kempen Paint Co is pounds #419 and chemical-count #420 at 9.9K 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: Hawkins Inc. - Dupo; Phillips 66 Co East St Louis Terminal; Mozel Columbia; Oldcastle Lawn & Garden. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Polytek Development Corp. D.b.a. Endurance Technologies Inc; Revlon Consumer Products Corp; Life Technologies Inc. (thermo Fisher Scientific); Southwin/ltd. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Toluene; Styrene.
Kempen Paint Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (93.5% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Polytek Development Corp. D.b.a. Endurance Technologies Inc and Revlon Consumer Products Corp.
Kempen Paint Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.9K 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
Kempen Paint Co: Xylene (mixed isomers)-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Kempen Paint Co reports the 2,060th-largest volume (9.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Xylene (mixed isomers) alone is 60.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Polytek Development Corp. D.b.a. Endurance Technologies Inc and Revlon Consumer Products Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kempen Paint Co's pounds in one chemical - here Xylene (mixed isomers) at 60.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Kempen Paint Co's total reported releases rose from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kempen Paint Co's off-site transfers fell from 393 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kempen Paint Co's chemicals reported rose from 2 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kempen Paint Co's air releases rose from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kempen Paint Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kempen Paint Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 54% (1.6K lbs to 2.4K lbs).
Kempen Paint Co: 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 Kempen Paint Co year-over-year reported totals (increased 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 2.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 6.0K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Styrene | 485 lbs | Carcinogen |
Kempen Paint Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kempen Paint Co
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Hawkins Inc. - Dupo, Phillips 66 Co East St Louis Terminal, Mozel Columbia, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Polytek Development Corp. D.b.a. Endurance Technologies Inc, Revlon Consumer Products Corp, Life Technologies Inc. (thermo Fisher Scientific).
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kempen Paint Co on cumulative reported pounds (9.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Exxonmobil Olathe Grease Plant, Advanced Technical Ceramics Co, Brainerd LLC. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Exxonmobil Olathe Grease Plant Olathe, KS · Petroleum 9.9K lbs reported
- Advanced Technical Ceramics Co Chattanooga, TN · Computers and Electronic Products 9.9K lbs reported
- Brainerd LLC Dunn, NC · Chemical Wholesalers 9.9K lbs reported
- Polytek Development Corp. D.b.a. Endurance Technologies Inc South Saint Paul, MN · Chemicals 9.9K 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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene, Styrene; nearby reporters include Hawkins Inc. - Dupo. Kempen Paint Co 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 Kempen Paint Co TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kempen Paint Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Carondelet, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325510 · Chemicals. 0.3% of St. Clair TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Exxonmobil Olathe Grease Plant (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kempen Paint Co stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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