EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Main Steel
Elk Grove Village, IL · Parent: Samuel Son & Co. USA
- Total releases
- 15 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Main Steel: how the 15 lbs splits
15 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 15 lbs 100.0%
Main Steel's 15 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: Chromium.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Main Steel is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elk Grove Village, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 3 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 15 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,250 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. Main Steel is pounds #818 and chemical-count #366 at 15 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: Material Sciences Corp; Bostik Inc.; Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant; Chem-Plate Industries Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Petron Automation Inc; Worthington Cylinders Kansas LLC; Blum Inc; Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. Other Samuel Son & Co. USA sites in this extract: Main Steel Polishing Co Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Manganese; Nickel; Copper.
Main Steel stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Petron Automation Inc and Worthington Cylinders Kansas LLC.
Main Steel vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Main Steel in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Main Steel reports the 2,495th-largest volume (15 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Petron Automation Inc and Worthington Cylinders Kansas LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Main Steel Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Main Steel releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 9% (3 lbs to 3 lbs).
Main Steel: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Main Steel year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 9% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 lbs | 4 |
Main Steel · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Main Steel
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Material Sciences Corp, Bostik Inc., Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant, 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. Petron Automation Inc, Worthington Cylinders Kansas LLC, Blum Inc.
Other Samuel Son & Co. USA Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Main Steel Polishing Co 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 Chromium, Manganese, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Material Sciences Corp. Main Steel stamps TRACE 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 Main Steel TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Main Steel totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elk Grove Village, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Claas Omaha Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Main Steel stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium. 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