EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Material Sciences Corp
Elk Grove Village, IL · Parent: Material Sciences Corp
- Total releases
- 57.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Material Sciences Corp: how the 57.8K lbs splits
57.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 38.6K lbs 66.8%
- Off-site Transfers 19.2K lbs 33.2%
Material Sciences Corp's 57.8K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 66.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 33.2%. 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 MIXED pathway CARC-MID
Material Sciences Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elk Grove Village, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 9.6K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 57.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,798 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. Material Sciences Corp is pounds #230 and chemical-count #90 at 57.8K 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: Main Steel; Bostik Inc.; Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant; Chem-Plate Industries Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Supreme Lake Manufacturing Inc; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp; Tyler Coupling; Pioneer Metal Finishing LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); n-Butyl alcohol; Methyl isobutyl ketone; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Material Sciences Corp is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Elk Grove Village, IL: 57.8K lbs across 10 chemicals (5 carcinogen-classified, CARC-MID). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 66.8%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Supreme Lake Manufacturing Inc and Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp.
Material Sciences Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
58K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Material Sciences Corp in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Material Sciences Corp reports the 644th-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.8% of its sector. Scale peers outside Illinois include Supreme Lake Manufacturing Inc and Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp.
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
- Material Sciences Corp's total reported releases fell from 11.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Material Sciences Corp's off-site transfers fell from 4.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Material Sciences Corp's air releases fell from 7.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Material Sciences Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Material Sciences Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 57.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (9.5K lbs to 9.6K lbs).
Material Sciences Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Material Sciences Corp year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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 | 9.5K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 13.2K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 13.9K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 11.7K lbs | 9 |
| 2023 | 9.6K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 11.3K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 8.7K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 8.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 7.2K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 6.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 4.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Vinyl acetate | 3.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 2.6K lbs | - |
Material Sciences Corp in Cook
Nearest TRI Facilities to Material Sciences Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Main Steel, Bostik Inc., Sonoco Flexibles Elk Grove Plant, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Supreme Lake Manufacturing Inc, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp, Tyler Coupling.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Material Sciences Corp on cumulative reported pounds (57.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Supreme Lake Manufacturing Inc, Cna Holdings Llc-Shelby, Coats Na Hendersonville Plant. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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.
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), n-Butyl alcohol, Methyl isobutyl ketone, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Main Steel. Material Sciences Corp stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-MID 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 Material Sciences Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CARC-MID · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Material Sciences Corp 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. 0.1% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Supreme Lake Manufacturing Inc (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Material Sciences Corp stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 66.8%). 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