Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
EMPIRE HARD CHROME INC.
1537 S WOOD ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60608
Parent company: EMPIRE HARD CHROME INC
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 | Nitric acid | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Total (lbs) | |||
| 2024 | — | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2022 | — | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | |||
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | |||
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | |||
| 2018 | — | 5 | 5 | |||
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | |||
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2015 | — | 12 | 12 | |||
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | |||
| 2013 | — | 9 | 9 | |||
| 2012 | — | 22 | 22 | |||
| 2011 | — | 13 | 13 | |||
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | |||
| 2009 | — | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | |||
| 2007 | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 2006 | 7 | 8 | 15 | |||
| 2005 | 6 | 9 | 15 | |||
| 2004 | 2,076 | 36 | 2,112 | |||
| 2003 | 496 | 34 | 530 | |||
| 2002 | — | 231 | 231 | |||
| 2001 | — | 500 | 500 | |||
| 2000 | 250 | 500 | 750 | |||
| 1999 | — | 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.