Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PQ CORP
111 INGALLS AVE, JOLIET, IL, 60435
Parent company: PQ GROUP HOLDINGS INC
Carcinogen
PBT
— 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 | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Nitric acid | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Lead | Total (lbs) | |
| 2019 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 2001 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 5 | — | 20 | |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 5 | — | 15 | |
| 1997 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 7 | |
| 1996 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | |
| 1994 | 20 | 10 | — | — | 30 | |
| 1993 | 35 | 10 | — | — | 45 | |
| 1992 | 10 | 255 | — | — | 265 | |
| 1991 | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | |
| 1990 | 505 | — | — | — | 505 | |
| 1989 | 500 | — | — | — | 500 | |
▎ 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.