EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC
Lemont, IL · Parent: Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 304 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC: how the 304 lbs splits
304 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 291 lbs 95.7%
- Air Releases 13 lbs 4.3%
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC's 304 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 95.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lemont, IL, in the petroleum sector. It reported 3 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 304 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,350 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. Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC is pounds #695 and chemical-count #347 at 304 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: Exxonmobil Oil Corp Lockport Terminal; Ecp Inc Woodridge; Dober Chemical Corp (woodridge); Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1006. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Illinois: Vance Brothers LLC; Coffee Lake Concrete; Lucas Oil Products Inc; New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc.. Other Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Oxbow Calcining LLC; Oxbow Calcining LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (95.7% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 304 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vance Brothers LLC and Coffee Lake Concrete.
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
304 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC reports the 380th-largest volume (304 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Vance Brothers LLC and Coffee Lake Concrete.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 304 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 98% (144 lbs to 3 lbs).
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 98% 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 144 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 151 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 263 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 32 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 9 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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 Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Exxonmobil Oil Corp Lockport Terminal. Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lemont, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324199 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Will TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Farbest Foods Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Oxbow Midwest Calcining LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic 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