EPA TRI Facility · Transportation Equipment
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.
Chicago Heights, IL
- Total releases
- 42 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.: how the 42 lbs splits
42 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 42 lbs 100.0%
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.'s 42 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: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago Heights, IL, in the transportation equipment sector. It reported 8 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 42 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,383 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. Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. is pounds #782 and chemical-count #890 at 42 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: Chicago Heights Steel; Mid-West Mfg LLC; Nufarm Americas Inc (dba Riverdale Chemical); Real Alloy Recycling LLC. Similar-scale Transportation Equipment peers outside Illinois: Novae LLC - Cam Superline; Maxion Wheels - Akron Operations LLC; Wabtec Railway Electronics; Seats Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese.
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 42 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Novae LLC - Cam Superline and Maxion Wheels - Akron Operations LLC.
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. in the Transportation Equipment sector extract
Among the 1,603 Transportation Equipment facilities in this database, Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. reports the 1,179th-largest volume (42 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Novae LLC - Cam Superline and Maxion Wheels - Akron Operations LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
100% less than the comparison
50% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 42 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 26% (11 lbs to 8 lbs).
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.: 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 Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 26% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 8 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 42 lbs | - |
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc.
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Chicago Heights Steel, Mid-West Mfg LLC, Nufarm Americas Inc (dba Riverdale Chemical), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Transportation Equipment Facilities
Other Transportation Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Novae LLC - Cam Superline, Maxion Wheels - Akron Operations LLC, Wabtec Railway Electronics.
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 Manganese; nearby reporters include Chicago Heights Steel. Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago Heights, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 336510 · Transportation Equipment. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Novae LLC - Cam Superline (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Manganese. 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