EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Kester
Itasca, IL · Parent: Element Solutions Inc
- Total releases
- 10 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kester: how the 10 lbs splits
10 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 10 lbs 100.0%
Kester's 10 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Kester is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Itasca, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 10 lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 18,505 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. Kester is pounds #835 and chemical-count #912 at 10 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: Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. (940 Itasca); Icp Industrial; Novatronix; Perfection Plating Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Industrial Tube Corp; Northwest Castings; Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC; Vulcan Global Manufacturing Solutions Inc. Other Element Solutions Inc sites in this extract: Macdermid Enthone Inc; Macdermid Enthone America LLC; Alpha Assembly Solutions; Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. (940 Itasca). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Kester stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10 lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Industrial Tube Corp and Northwest Castings.
Kester vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
10 lbs 29th percentile higher than 29% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kester in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Kester reports the 1,341st-largest volume (10 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Industrial Tube Corp and Northwest Castings.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Kester Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kester releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases increased by 12400% (0 lbs to 5 lbs).
Kester: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Kester year-over-year reported totals (increased by 12400% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 10 lbs | Carcinogen |
Kester · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kester
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. (940 Itasca), Icp Industrial, Novatronix, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Industrial Tube Corp, Northwest Castings, Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products LLC.
Other Element Solutions Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Macdermid Enthone Inc, Macdermid Enthone America LLC, Alpha Assembly Solutions.
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 Lead; nearby reporters include Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc. (940 Itasca). Kester stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Kester TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kester totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Itasca, IL, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 331491 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Dupage TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Prepolymer Prods Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kester stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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