EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Meskan Foundry
Chicago, IL
- Total releases
- 257 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Meskan Foundry: how the 257 lbs splits
257 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 256 lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs 0.1%
Meskan Foundry's 257 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Meskan Foundry is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 48 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 257 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,539 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. Meskan Foundry is pounds #704 and chemical-count #643 at 257 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: Kloeckner Metals Corp; Allied Metal Co; Newly Weds Foods LLC; Chromium Industries LLC. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Frazer & Jones Co; Allied Tube & Conduit Tectron Tube Div; Colt Refining Inc; Dormont Manufacturing Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead.
Meskan Foundry stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 257 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Frazer & Jones Co and Allied Tube & Conduit Tectron Tube Div.
Meskan Foundry vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
257 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Meskan Foundry in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Meskan Foundry reports the 1,144th-largest volume (257 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Frazer & Jones Co and Allied Tube & Conduit Tectron Tube Div.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Meskan Foundry Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Meskan Foundry releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 257 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (60 lbs to 48 lbs).
Meskan Foundry: 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 Meskan Foundry year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 60 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 46 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 50 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 52 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 48 lbs | 2 |
Meskan Foundry · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Meskan Foundry
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Kloeckner Metals Corp, Allied Metal Co, Newly Weds Foods LLC, 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. Frazer & Jones Co, Allied Tube & Conduit Tectron Tube Div, Colt Refining 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 Copper, Lead; nearby reporters include Kloeckner Metals Corp. Meskan Foundry 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 Meskan Foundry TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Meskan Foundry totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331529 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Apalachee Pole Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Meskan Foundry stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Copper. 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