EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Wec Co
Oregon, IL · Parent: Platinum Equity Capital Partners V L.P.
- Total releases
- 876 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Wec Co: how the 876 lbs splits
876 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 829 lbs 94.6%
- Off-site Transfers 47 lbs 5.4%
Wec Co's 876 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 94.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Wec Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Oregon, IL, in the machinery sector. It reported 117 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 876 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,042 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. Wec Co is pounds #637 and chemical-count #631 at 876 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: Ha International LLC; Quality Metal Finishing Co; Azz Galvanizing Services-Dixon; Upm Raflatac Inc.. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Illinois: Valmet Inc; Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc.; Helmer Scientific Trane Technologies; Gradall Industries Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel.
Wec Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (94.6% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 876 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Valmet Inc and Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc..
Wec Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
876 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wec Co in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Wec Co reports the 427th-largest volume (876 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Valmet Inc and Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wec Co's total reported releases fell from 231 lb in 2022 to 117 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wec Co's air releases fell from 221 lb in 2022 to 110 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wec Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wec Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 876 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 24% (153 lbs to 117 lbs).
Wec 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 Wec Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 24% 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 | 153 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 196 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 179 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 231 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 117 lbs | 2 |
Wec Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wec Co
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Ha International LLC, Quality Metal Finishing Co, Azz Galvanizing Services-Dixon, ordered by distance.
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Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Valmet Inc, Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc., Helmer Scientific Trane Technologies.
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, Nickel; nearby reporters include Ha International LLC. Wec Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Wec Co TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wec Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Oregon, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333111 · Machinery. 0.1% of Ogle TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ntn-Bower Corp (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wec Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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