Facility detail

ANCHOR BRAKE SHOE CO

1920 DOWNS DR, WEST CHICAGO, IL, 60185

Parent company: NEW YORK AIR BRAKE

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 Toluene Zinc (fume or dust) Zinc compounds Chromium Total (lbs)
2024 — — 92 35 127
2023 — — 119 56 175
2022 — — 102 90 192
2021 — — 119 34 153
2020 — — 126 59 185
2019 — — 143 48 191
2018 — — 150 100 250
2016 — — 3 0 3
2015 — — 4 0 4
2014 — — 25 1 26
2013 — — 24 1 25
2012 — — 26 1 27
2011 — — 10 1 11
2010 — — 7 — 7
2009 — — 6 — 6
2008 — — 5 — 5
2007 — — 6 — 6
2006 — — 6 — 6
2005 — — 6 — 6
2004 — 800 — — 800
2003 — 800 — — 800
2002 — 900 — — 900
2001 — 900 — — 900
2000 — 900 900 — 1,800
1999 — — 900 — 900
1998 — — 900 — 900
1997 — 900 900 — 1,800
1996 — 900 900 — 1,800
1995 — 900 900 — 1,800
1992 162,536 — — — 162,536
1991 414,892 — — — 414,892
1990 242,217 — — — 242,217
1989 345,355 — — — 345,355
1988 310,878 — — — 310,878

▎ 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.