EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Thule Inc.
Forest Park, IL · Parent: Thule Inc
- Total releases
- 1.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Thule Inc.: how the 1.2K lbs splits
1.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.1K lbs 95.1%
- Off-site Transfers 58 lbs 4.9%
Thule Inc.'s 1.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 95.1% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 4.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Diisocyanates.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Thule Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Forest Park, IL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 239 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,609 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. Thule Inc. is pounds #611 and chemical-count #842 at 1.2K 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: Duraco Specialty Tapes; Elkay Plumbing Products Co; Saporito Finishing Co; Accurate Anodizing. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Illinois: Textron Systems; Propulsion Technologies International; Johnson Technology Inc; Middleville Engineered Solutions LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates.
Thule Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (95.1% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Textron Systems and Propulsion Technologies International.
Thule Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.2K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Thule Inc.: Diisocyanates-led volume
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Thule Inc. reports the 852nd-largest volume (1.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Diisocyanates alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Textron Systems and Propulsion Technologies International.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Thule Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Diisocyanates at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Thule Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Thule Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 2% (235 lbs to 239 lbs).
Thule Inc.: 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 Thule Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 235 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 237 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 239 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 243 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 239 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Diisocyanates | 1.2K lbs | - |
Thule Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Thule Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Duraco Specialty Tapes, Elkay Plumbing Products Co, Saporito Finishing Co, ordered by distance.
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Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Textron Systems, Propulsion Technologies International, Johnson Technology Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Thule Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (1.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Lakehurst Area, Enviro Tech Chemical Services-Plant 6, Esna Arkansas. 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.
- Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Lakehurst Area Lakehurst, NJ · Other 1.2K lbs reported
- Enviro Tech Chemical Services-Plant 6 Helena, AR · Chemicals 1.2K lbs reported
- Esna Arkansas Pocahontas, AR · Fabricated Metals 1.2K lbs reported
- Harcros Chemicals Inc Nashua, NH · Chemical Wholesalers 1.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Diisocyanates; nearby reporters include Duraco Specialty Tapes. Thule 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 Thule Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Thule Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Forest Park, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336390 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Lakehurst Area (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Thule Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Diisocyanates. 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