EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Metalex North
Libertyville, IL · Parent: Upg
- Total releases
- 632 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Metalex North: how the 632 lbs splits
632 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 632 lbs 100.0%
Metalex North's 632 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: Nickel.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Metalex North is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Libertyville, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 632 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 14,482 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. Metalex North is pounds #657 and chemical-count #266 at 632 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: Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1024; American Metal Fibers Inc; American Metal Fibers Inc; Maclean-Fogg Component Systems. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: American Tank & Fabricating Co; Steelfab Inc.; Luke Engineering & Manufacturing Co Wadsworth Plant; Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel; Copper; Chromium; Lead.
Metalex North stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 632 lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include American Tank & Fabricating Co and Steelfab Inc..
Metalex North vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
632 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Metalex North in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Metalex North reports the 1,841st-largest volume (632 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include American Tank & Fabricating Co and Steelfab Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Metalex North Form-R facts
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5956.7× more than the comparison
2.5× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Metalex North releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 632 lbs.
Metalex North · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Metalex North
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1024, American Metal Fibers Inc, American Metal Fibers Inc, 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. American Tank & Fabricating Co, Steelfab Inc., Luke Engineering & Manufacturing Co Wadsworth Plant.
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 Nickel, Copper, Chromium, Lead; nearby reporters include Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1024. Metalex North stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Metalex North TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Metalex North totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Libertyville, IL, latest year 2019. NAICS 332322 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Perdue Foods - Mount Vernon Processing Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Metalex North stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel. 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