EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Vantage Oleochemicals
Chicago, IL · Parent: Vantage Specialty Chemicals
- Total releases
- 99.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Vantage Oleochemicals: how the 99.0K lbs splits
99.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 99.0K lbs 100.0%
Vantage Oleochemicals's 99.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Vantage Oleochemicals is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 3.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 99.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,607 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. Vantage Oleochemicals is pounds #182 and chemical-count #517 at 99.0K 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: Osi Industries Inc Otto & Sons Div; Edsal Manufacturing Co Inc; Edsal Manufacturing Co Inc; Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re : Chicago Plant. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant; Plainview Bioenergy LLC; McGean-Rohco Inc; Bushmills Ethanol Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nickel And Nickel Compounds; Nickel compounds.
Vantage Oleochemicals stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 99.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant and Plainview Bioenergy LLC.
Vantage Oleochemicals vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
99K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Vantage Oleochemicals: Nickel And Nickel Compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Vantage Oleochemicals reports the 911th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nickel And Nickel Compounds alone is 92.3% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Illinois include Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant and Plainview Bioenergy LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Vantage Oleochemicals's pounds in one chemical - here Nickel And Nickel Compounds at 92.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Vantage Oleochemicals's total reported releases fell from 7.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vantage Oleochemicals's off-site transfers fell from 7.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Vantage Oleochemicals Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Vantage Oleochemicals releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 99.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 89% (32.5K lbs to 3.4K lbs).
Vantage Oleochemicals: 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 Vantage Oleochemicals year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 89% 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 And Nickel Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 32.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 37.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 18.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.4K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 91.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 7.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
Vantage Oleochemicals · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Vantage Oleochemicals
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Osi Industries Inc Otto & Sons Div, Edsal Manufacturing Co Inc, Edsal Manufacturing Co Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant, Plainview Bioenergy LLC, McGean-Rohco Inc.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Vantage Oleochemicals on cumulative reported pounds (99.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Mueller Copper Tube Co I Nc., Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant, Hanwha Philly Shipyard Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Mueller Copper Tube Co I Nc. Fulton, MS · Primary Metals 98.9K lbs reported
- Shell Chemical LP - Martinez Catalyst Plant Martinez, CA · Chemicals 99.0K lbs reported
- Hanwha Philly Shipyard Inc Philadelphia, PA · Transportation Equipment 98.9K lbs reported
- Plainview Bioenergy LLC Plainview, TX · Chemicals 99.0K 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 Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Nickel compounds; nearby reporters include Osi Industries Inc Otto & Sons Div. Vantage Oleochemicals 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 Vantage Oleochemicals TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel And Nickel Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Vantage Oleochemicals totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325199 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mueller Copper Tube Co I Nc. (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Vantage Oleochemicals stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Nickel And Nickel 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