Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
DSM DESOTECH INC
1122 ST CHARLES ST, ELGIN, IL, 60120
Parent company: DSM FINANCE USA INC
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 | Acetone | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Dichloromethane | Methyl ethyl ketone | Diisocyanates | Total (lbs) |
| 2002 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 500 |
| 2001 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 1,500 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 30 |
| 1999 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 1,500 |
| 1998 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 1,500 |
| 1997 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 2,000 |
| 1996 | — | — | — | — | 705 | 1,232 |
| 1995 | — | — | — | 500 | 500 | 2,000 |
| 1994 | — | — | — | 2,850 | — | 3,350 |
| 1993 | — | — | — | 4,035 | — | 4,285 |
| 1992 | — | — | — | 1,000 | — | 1,000 |
| 1990 | 12,000 | 1,950 | — | 1,000 | — | 15,950 |
| 1989 | 15,615 | 2,000 | — | 1,000 | — | 19,615 |
| 1988 | 1,500 | 9,733 | — | — | — | 12,233 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12,400 | — | — | 12,400 |
▎ 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.