EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Midwest Metal Coatings
Granite City, IL · Parent: Azz Inc
- Total releases
- 7.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Midwest Metal Coatings: how the 7.0K lbs splits
7.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7.0K lbs 100.0%
Midwest Metal Coatings's 7.0K 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: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Midwest Metal Coatings is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Granite City, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 7.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,544 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. Midwest Metal Coatings is pounds #459 and chemical-count #425 at 7.0K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Heidtman Steel Products Inc.; Precoat Metals; Stein LLC; U.S. Steel Granite City Works. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant; Jordan River Galvanizing; Sig Sauer Inc; Vallourec Tube-Alloy LLC. Other Azz Inc sites in this extract: Azz Galvanizing Services-Moss Point; Azz Galvanizing - Rockford LLC; Precoat Metals; Precoat Metals. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
Midwest Metal Coatings stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant and Jordan River Galvanizing.
Midwest Metal Coatings vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.0K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Midwest Metal Coatings: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Midwest Metal Coatings reports the 1,270th-largest volume (7.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 68.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant and Jordan River Galvanizing.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Midwest Metal Coatings's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 68.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Midwest Metal Coatings's total reported releases rose from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Midwest Metal Coatings's air releases rose from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Midwest Metal Coatings Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Midwest Metal Coatings releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 9% (1.5K lbs to 1.3K lbs).
Midwest Metal Coatings: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Midwest Metal Coatings 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 4.8K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 1.4K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 777 lbs | - |
Midwest Metal Coatings · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Midwest Metal Coatings
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Heidtman Steel Products Inc., Precoat Metals, Stein 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. Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant, Jordan River Galvanizing, Sig Sauer Inc.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Midwest Metal Coatings on cumulative reported pounds (7.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Tread Corp, Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa, Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Tread Corp Roanoke, VA · Machinery 7.0K lbs reported
- Airgas Specialty Products-Palmerton Pa Palmerton, PA · Chemical Wholesalers 7.0K lbs reported
- Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant West Union, SC · Fabricated Metals 7.0K lbs reported
- Nestle Purina Petcare Saint Joseph, MO · Food 7.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Azz Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Azz Galvanizing Services-Moss Point, Azz Galvanizing - Rockford LLC, Precoat Metals.
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 Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; nearby reporters include Heidtman Steel Products Inc.. Midwest Metal Coatings stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Midwest Metal Coatings TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Midwest Metal Coatings totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Granite City, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332812 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tread Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Midwest Metal Coatings stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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