EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek
Oak Creek, WI
- Total releases
- 2.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 32
- Carcinogens
- 7
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek: how the 2.2M lbs splits
2.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.4M lbs 62.9%
- Off-site Transfers 819.9K lbs 37.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek's 2.2M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 62.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 37.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Diisocyanates.
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.
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Oak Creek, WI, in the chemicals sector. It reported 591.9K lbs of releases across 27 chemicals in 2023, and 2.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 803 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Api Heat Transfer; Quad Packaging Inc; Amphenol Cit; Chrometech of Wisconsin. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Wisconsin: Ultra Yield Micronutrients; Westlake Polymers LLC; Westinghouse Electric Co LLC; Championx-Sugar Land. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Diisocyanates; Certain glycol ethers; n-Butyl alcohol; Zinc compounds.
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
Wisconsin TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=836)
- Ppg Industries Inc-O...
- Mullins Cheese Inc 3
What this shows Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads Wisconsin chemical count. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #319. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Oak Creek, WI: 2.2M lbs across 32 chemicals (7 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 62.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ultra Yield Micronutrients and Westlake Polymers LLC.
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.2M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek reports the 157th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4% of its sector. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Ultra Yield Micronutrients and Westlake Polymers LLC.
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
- Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek's total reported releases fell from 613.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 591.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek's off-site transfers rose from 126.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 303.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek's air releases fell from 487.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 288.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek Form-R facts
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340.6× more than the comparison
16.0× more 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 Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 105% (288.7K lbs to 591.9K lbs).
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek year-over-year reported totals (increased by 105% 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: Diisocyanates.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 288.7K lbs | 27 |
| 2020 | 410.8K lbs | 26 |
| 2021 | 306.9K lbs | 27 |
| 2022 | 613.8K lbs | 27 |
| 2023 | 591.9K lbs | 27 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 32 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek in Milwaukee
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Api Heat Transfer, Quad Packaging Inc, Amphenol Cit, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 835 other reporting facilities in Wisconsin.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Ultra Yield Micronutrients, Westlake Polymers LLC, Westinghouse Electric Co LLC.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek on cumulative reported pounds (2.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (32). Release-pound peers include Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant, Ultra Yield Micronutrients, Westlake Polymers LLC. Chemical-count peers include Uss-Clairton Plant, Lubrizol Corp Painesvil Le Plant, Helena Industries LLC. 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.
- Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant Big Stone City, SD · Electric Utilities 2.2M lbs reported
- Ultra Yield Micronutrients Moxee, WA · Chemicals 2.2M lbs reported
- Westlake Polymers LLC Sulphur, LA · Chemicals 2.2M lbs reported
- White Bluff Generating Plant Redfield, AR · Electric Utilities 2.2M 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 Diisocyanates, Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Api Heat Transfer. Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED 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 Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Diisocyanates) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Oak Creek, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325211 · Chemicals. 22.5% of Milwaukee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant (Δ 626 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 62.9%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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