EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co.
Wheeling, IL
- Total releases
- 251 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co.: how the 251 lbs splits
251 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 251 lbs 100.0%
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co.'s 251 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: Lead.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wheeling, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 68 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 251 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,567 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. Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. is pounds #705 and chemical-count #868 at 251 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: Wieland Metals Inc; Adhesive Coating Technologies Inc; Slide Products Inc; Sunnyside Corp. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: Frazer & Jones Co; Colt Refining Inc; Dormont Manufacturing Co; Carpenter Powder Products Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 251 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Frazer & Jones Co and Colt Refining Inc.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
251 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. reports the 1,146th-largest volume (251 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Frazer & Jones Co and Colt Refining Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 251 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 239% (20 lbs to 68 lbs).
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 239% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 30 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 69 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 65 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 68 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 251 lbs | Carcinogen |
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Taubensee Steel & Wire Co.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Wieland Metals Inc, Adhesive Coating Technologies Inc, Slide Products Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Frazer & Jones Co, Colt Refining Inc, Dormont Manufacturing 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 Lead; nearby reporters include Wieland Metals Inc. Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wheeling, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331222 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Concrete Co of Springfield- Sherman Street (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Taubensee Steel & Wire Co. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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