EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
West Town Plating Inc
Cicero, IL
- Total releases
- 80 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
West Town Plating Inc: how the 80 lbs splits
80 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 64 lbs 80.7%
- Off-site Transfers 15 lbs 19.3%
West Town Plating Inc's 80 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 80.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 19.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
West Town Plating Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cicero, IL, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 80 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 16,777 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. West Town Plating Inc is pounds #758 and chemical-count #470 at 80 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: Brad Foote Gear Works; Chicago Extruded Metals Co; Able Electropolishing Co Inc; Meyer Steel Drum Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Illinois: Canam Bridges US Inc.; Forged Components Inc.; Kice Industries Inc; Truenorth Steel - Rapid City. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
West Town Plating Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (80.7% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 80 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Canam Bridges US Inc. and Forged Components Inc..
West Town Plating Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
80 lbs 35th percentile higher than 35% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
West Town Plating Inc in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, West Town Plating Inc reports the 2,229th-largest volume (80 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Canam Bridges US Inc. and Forged Components Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
West Town Plating Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How West Town Plating Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 80 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 53% (21 lbs to 10 lbs).
West Town Plating 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 West Town Plating Inc 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 16 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 17 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 15 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Copper | 75 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 3 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
West Town Plating Inc · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to West Town Plating Inc
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Brad Foote Gear Works, Chicago Extruded Metals Co, Able Electropolishing Co Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Canam Bridges US Inc., Forged Components Inc., Kice Industries Inc.
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 Copper, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Brad Foote Gear Works. West Town Plating 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.
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This West Town Plating Inc TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
West Town Plating Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cicero, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kemira Water Solutions (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
West Town Plating Inc stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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