Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS & COATINGS INC
1975 FOX LN, ELGIN, IL, 60123
Parent company: UNIVERSAL CHEMICALS & COATINGS 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 | Xylene (mixed isomers) | n-Butyl alcohol | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | Certain glycol ethers | Methyl isobutyl ketone | Total (lbs) |
| 2023 | 1,000 | — | — | — | — | 1,000 |
| 2022 | 1,000 | 1,000 | — | — | — | 2,000 |
| 2021 | — | 1,000 | — | — | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| 2020 | — | 1,000 | — | — | — | 1,000 |
| 2019 | — | 1,000 | — | — | — | 1,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | 1,000 | — | 1,000 |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — | 500 | 500 |
| 2016 | — | 1,000 | — | — | — | 1,000 |
| 2015 | — | 500 | — | 250 | — | 750 |
| 2010 | — | — | — | 392 | — | 392 |
| 2009 | 1,176 | — | — | — | — | 1,176 |
| 2008 | 4,034 | 1,018 | 416 | — | — | 5,468 |
| 2007 | 1,226 | — | — | — | — | 1,226 |
| 1999 | — | — | — | 472 | — | 472 |
| 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | 210 |
| 1997 | — | — | — | — | — | 277 |
| 1991 | — | — | 1,510 | — | — | 2,020 |
| 1990 | — | — | 755 | — | — | 1,510 |
▎ 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.