Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
UNION TANK CAR CO - PLANT 1
300 W 151ST ST, EAST CHICAGO, IN, 463123846
Parent company: UNION TANK CAR CO
Carcinogen
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Dichloromethane | Xylene (mixed isomers) | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | Certain glycol ethers | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Total (lbs) |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | 157 |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | 449 |
| 2006 | — | 23,256 | — | — | 13,376 | 37,110 |
| 2005 | — | 16,333 | — | — | 13,267 | 31,253 |
| 2004 | — | 14,281 | — | — | 11,222 | 26,405 |
| 2003 | — | — | — | — | — | 62 |
| 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | 48 |
| 2001 | — | — | — | — | — | 62 |
| 2000 | — | 12,248 | 27,802 | — | — | 40,116 |
| 1999 | — | 11,866 | 32,415 | — | — | 44,371 |
| 1998 | — | 724 | 1,452 | 17 | — | 2,269 |
| 1997 | — | 13,815 | 20,575 | 19,385 | — | 54,071 |
| 1996 | 29,263 | 9,643 | 3,820 | 3,565 | — | 46,348 |
| 1995 | 27,870 | — | — | 3,348 | — | 31,524 |
| 1994 | 68,600 | 30,150 | — | 3,050 | — | 102,339 |
| 1993 | 30,000 | 17,086 | — | — | — | 65,474 |
| 1992 | 65,000 | 21,110 | — | — | — | 87,225 |
| 1991 | 62,000 | 32,160 | — | 9,749 | — | 118,645 |
| 1990 | 34,000 | 19,207 | — | — | — | 53,207 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.