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.