EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant
Gurnee, IL · Parent: Roquette America Inc
- Total releases
- 12.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant: how the 12.0K lbs splits
12.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.9K lbs 99.0%
- Air Releases 117 lbs 1.0%
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant's 12.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gurnee, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 1.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 12.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,413 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. Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant is pounds #400 and chemical-count #789 at 12.0K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vantage Specialties; Avicenna Technology DBA Laserage; Medline Northpoint Services; Pfanstiehl Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Shamrock Technologies Inc; Nd Industries Inc; Reg Geismar LLC; Ppg Industries Inc Tx. Other Roquette America Inc sites in this extract: Sethness Products Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel.
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Shamrock Technologies Inc and Nd Industries Inc.
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12K lbs Top 36% higher than 64% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant: Nickel-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant reports the 1,973rd-largest volume (12.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nickel alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Illinois include Shamrock Technologies Inc and Nd Industries Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nickel at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant's total reported releases fell from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 2% (1.2K lbs to 1.2K lbs).
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 2% 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: Nickel.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 2.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nickel | 12.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
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Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant on cumulative reported pounds (12.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Shamrock Technologies Inc, Auria Holmesville LLC, Fusite Holdings Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Shamrock Technologies Inc Newark, NJ · Chemicals 12.1K lbs reported
- Auria Holmesville LLC Holmesville, OH · Transportation Equipment 12.1K lbs reported
- Fusite Holdings Inc. Cincinnati, OH · Electrical Equipment 12.1K lbs reported
- Southwest Shipyard L.P. - Brady Island Houston, TX · Transportation Equipment 12.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Roquette America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sethness Products Co.
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; nearby reporters include Vantage Specialties. Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant stamps LIGHT 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 Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gurnee, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.8% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Auria Holmesville LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant stamps LIGHT 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