Facility detail

ENGINEERED POLYMER SOLUTIONS INC. D/B/A VALSPAR COATINGS

28335 CLAY ST, ELKHART, IN, 46517

Parent company: THE VALSPAR CORP

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Styrene Acetone Methyl methacrylate Aluminum oxide (fibrous forms) Cobalt compounds Total (lbs)
2009 1,535 — 213 — — 1,748
2008 5,075 — 407 — — 5,482
2007 6,791 — 907 — — 7,698
2006 6,585 — 968 — 4 7,557
2005 9,905 — 1,708 107 4 11,724
2004 5,849 — 1,470 250 5 7,574
2003 4,646 — 1,336 — — 5,982
2002 4,013 — 1,079 — — 5,092
2001 2,525 — 750 5 — 3,280
2000 18,140 — 5,465 1,000 — 24,605
1999 21,645 — 7,303 — — 28,948
1998 16,373 — 4,333 — — 20,706
1997 15,995 — 3,530 — — 19,525
1996 19,880 — 1,300 — — 21,180
1995 23,850 — 3,050 — — 26,900
1994 17,750 — 1,450 — — 19,200
1993 49,750 57,300 2,950 — — 110,000
1992 28,750 79,000 1,950 — — 109,700
1991 18,250 26,000 750 — — 45,000
1990 19,229 63,616 — — — 82,845
1989 12,649 35,163 — — — 47,812
1988 1,033 33,129 — — — 34,162

▎ 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.