EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Solvay USA Inc
Blue Island, IL · Parent: Solvay USA Inc
- Total releases
- 1.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Solvay USA Inc: how the 1.5K lbs splits
1.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.3K lbs 90.8%
- Off-site Transfers 136 lbs 9.2%
Solvay USA Inc's 1.5K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 90.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 9.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Solvay USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Blue Island, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 745 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 1.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 13,270 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. Solvay USA Inc is pounds #597 and chemical-count #839 at 1.5K 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: Airgas Specialty Products-Riverdale Il; Riverdale Plating & Heat Treating LLC; Sterling Site Access Solutions LLC; Omega Plating Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Thatcher Co of New York; Polychemie Inc.; Flint Cps Inks N.a. LLC; Harrison Paint Co. Other Solvay USA Inc sites in this extract: Solvay USA Inc (cordell). Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Solvay USA Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (90.8% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.5K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Thatcher Co of New York and Polychemie Inc..
Solvay USA Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.5K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Solvay USA Inc: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Solvay USA Inc reports the 2,725th-largest volume (1.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Thatcher Co of New York and Polychemie Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Solvay USA Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Solvay USA Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Solvay USA Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases increased by 3% (727 lbs to 745 lbs).
Solvay USA Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Solvay USA Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 3% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 727 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 745 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 1.5K lbs | - |
Solvay USA Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Solvay USA Inc
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Airgas Specialty Products-Riverdale Il, Riverdale Plating & Heat Treating LLC, Sterling Site Access Solutions LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Thatcher Co of New York, Polychemie Inc., Flint Cps Inks N.a. LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Solvay USA Inc on cumulative reported pounds (1.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include U.S. Dod Usaf, Ellsworth Afb, Durr Systems Inc., Glendale Batch Plant #7. 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.
- U.S. Dod Usaf, Ellsworth Afb Ellsworth Afb, SD · Other 1.5K lbs reported
- Durr Systems Inc. De Pere, WI · Machinery 1.5K lbs reported
- Glendale Batch Plant #7 Glendale, AZ · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.5K lbs reported
- Owens Brockway Glass Container Inc Plant #08 Lapel, IN · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Solvay USA Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Solvay USA Inc (cordell).
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Airgas Specialty Products-Riverdale Il. Solvay USA Inc 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.
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This Solvay USA Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Solvay USA Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Blue Island, IL, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 325613 · Chemicals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: U.S. Dod Usaf, Ellsworth Afb (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Solvay USA Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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