EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Metal Arts Finishing Inc.
Aurora, IL
- Total releases
- 1.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Metal Arts Finishing Inc.: how the 1.7K lbs splits
1.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.7K lbs 100.0%
Metal Arts Finishing Inc.'s 1.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Aurora, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 300 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2022, and 1.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 13,097 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. Metal Arts Finishing Inc. is pounds #591 and chemical-count #615 at 1.7K 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: Fiberbasin Inc; Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Montgomery; Aurora Metals Div LLC; Caterpillar Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: US Ringbinder; Fort Recovery Industries Inc; Braddock Metallurgical - Ga; Vollrath Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.7K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include US Ringbinder and Fort Recovery Industries Inc.
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.7K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Metal Arts Finishing Inc.: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Metal Arts Finishing Inc. reports the 1,633rd-largest volume (1.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include US Ringbinder and Fort Recovery Industries Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Metal Arts Finishing Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. Form-R facts
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92% less than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Metal Arts Finishing Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 54% (651 lbs to 300 lbs).
Metal Arts Finishing Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Metal Arts Finishing Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 54% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 651 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 325 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 389 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 300 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 2 lbs | - |
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Metal Arts Finishing Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Fiberbasin Inc, Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Montgomery, Aurora Metals Div LLC, 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. US Ringbinder, Fort Recovery Industries Inc, Braddock Metallurgical - Ga.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Metal Arts Finishing Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (1.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Hastings Extraction Plant, Tip Top Poultry Inc, The D S Brown Co. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
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Similar chemical count
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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 Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Fiberbasin Inc. Metal Arts Finishing Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Metal Arts Finishing Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Aurora, IL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.2% of Kane TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hastings Extraction Plant (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Metal Arts Finishing Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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