EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Vantage Specialties
Gurnee, IL · Parent: Vantage Specialty Chemicals Inc
- Total releases
- 216.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Vantage Specialties: how the 216.6K lbs splits
216.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 214.9K lbs 99.2%
- Air Releases 1.7K lbs 0.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Vantage Specialties's 216.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Vantage Specialties is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gurnee, IL, in the chemicals sector. It reported 31.3K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 216.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,110 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 Specialties is pounds #123 and chemical-count #104 at 216.6K 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: Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant; Avicenna Technology DBA Laserage; Medline Northpoint Services; Pfanstiehl Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Illinois: Aurorium LLC - Greensboro; Troy Chemical Corp; Mary Kay Inc.; Flexsys America LP. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol; Nonylphenol Ethoxylates; Propylene oxide.
Vantage Specialties stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.2% off-site transfers) across 9 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 216.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Aurorium LLC - Greensboro and Troy Chemical Corp.
Vantage Specialties vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
217K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Vantage Specialties: Ethylene glycol-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Vantage Specialties reports the 613th-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ethylene glycol alone is 93.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Aurorium LLC - Greensboro and Troy Chemical Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Vantage Specialties's pounds in one chemical - here Ethylene glycol at 93.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Vantage Specialties's total reported releases fell from 33.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 31.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vantage Specialties's air releases fell from 116 lb in 2022 to 70 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vantage Specialties's chemicals reported rose from 8 in 2022 to 9 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Vantage Specialties's off-site transfers fell from 33.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 31.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Vantage Specialties Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Vantage Specialties releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 216.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 53% (66.2K lbs to 31.3K lbs).
Vantage Specialties: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Vantage Specialties year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 53% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 66.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 50.1K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 35.9K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 33.1K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 31.3K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 202.3K lbs | - |
| 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 11.1K lbs | - |
| Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 893 lbs | - |
| Propylene oxide | 744 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylene oxide | 695 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nonylphenol | 437 lbs | - |
| Cresol (mixed isomers) | 421 lbs | - |
| 1-Bromopropane | 15 lbs | Carcinogen |
| 2-Methoxyethanol | 13 lbs | - |
Vantage Specialties · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Vantage Specialties
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant, Avicenna Technology DBA Laserage, Medline Northpoint Services, ordered by distance.
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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 Vantage Specialties on cumulative reported pounds (216.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Maynard Steel Casting Co, Boise Cascade Wood Products, Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Martin Facility. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. 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.
- Maynard Steel Casting Co Milwaukee, WI · Primary Metals 216.6K lbs reported
- Boise Cascade Wood Products Chapman, AL · Wood Products 216.6K lbs reported
- Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Martin Facility Martin, TN · Machinery 216.7K lbs reported
- Michigan Milk Producers Assoc Constantine, MI · Food 216.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
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 Ethylene glycol, 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol, Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Propylene oxide; nearby reporters include Roquette America Inc Gurnee Plant. Vantage Specialties stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Specialties TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Vantage Specialties totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gurnee, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325613 · Chemicals. 14.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Maynard Steel Casting Co (Δ 25 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Vantage Specialties stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Ethylene glycol. 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