Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
CHICAGO HEIGHTS STEEL
211 E MAIN ST, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL, 60411
Parent company: CHICAGO HEIGHTS STEEL
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 | Certain glycol ethers | sec-Butyl alcohol | Xylene (mixed isomers) | n-Butyl alcohol | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 112,650 | — | — | — | — | 112,650 |
| 2023 | 123,138 | — | — | — | — | 123,138 |
| 2022 | 106,921 | — | — | — | — | 106,921 |
| 2021 | 126,272 | — | — | — | — | 126,272 |
| 2020 | 123,138 | — | — | — | — | 123,138 |
| 2019 | 107,955 | — | — | — | — | 107,955 |
| 2018 | 106,612 | — | — | — | — | 106,612 |
| 2017 | 70,550 | 39,710 | — | — | — | 110,260 |
| 2016 | 76,025 | 42,876 | — | — | — | 118,901 |
| 2015 | 75,224 | 41,869 | — | — | — | 117,093 |
| 2014 | 78,762 | 44,114 | — | — | — | 122,876 |
| 2013 | 63,767 | 35,709 | — | — | — | 99,476 |
| 2012 | 78,965 | 45,958 | — | — | — | 124,923 |
| 2011 | 71,719 | 41,258 | — | — | — | 112,977 |
| 2010 | 74,960 | 41,408 | — | — | — | 116,368 |
| 2009 | 62,783 | 34,978 | — | — | — | 97,761 |
| 2008 | 98,035 | 53,761 | — | — | — | 151,817 |
| 2007 | 96,809 | 55,824 | — | — | — | 152,655 |
| 2006 | 92,629 | 52,331 | — | — | — | 144,982 |
| 2005 | 77,616 | 44,980 | — | — | — | 122,618 |
| 2004 | 109,431 | 56,910 | — | — | — | 166,363 |
| 2003 | 120,433 | 65,845 | — | — | — | 186,300 |
| 2002 | 106,516 | 60,254 | — | — | — | 166,770 |
| 2001 | 109,456 | 43,924 | — | 1 | 20,228 | 174,775 |
| 2000 | 142,362 | 42,559 | 14,348 | — | — | 199,269 |
| 1999 | 163,433 | 43,568 | — | — | — | 207,001 |
| 1998 | 158,093 | 43,253 | 10,335 | — | — | 211,681 |
| 1997 | 149,859 | 39,981 | 52,158 | — | — | 252,961 |
| 1996 | 146,885 | 37,445 | — | — | — | 184,330 |
| 1995 | 201,606 | 46,870 | — | — | — | 248,476 |
| 1994 | 270,807 | 52,243 | 31,623 | — | — | 354,673 |
| 1993 | 209,954 | 44,794 | 44,318 | — | — | 299,066 |
| 1992 | 332,778 | — | 43,175 | — | — | 375,953 |
| 1991 | 511,030 | — | 53,754 | 12,292 | — | 577,076 |
| 1990 | 511,672 | — | 66,757 | 12,783 | — | 591,212 |
| 1989 | 466,127 | — | 63,388 | 11,853 | — | 541,368 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | 10,548 | — | 10,548 |
▎ 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.