Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ENGINEERED POLYMER SOLUTIONS INC. D/B/A VALSPAR COATINGS
2841 S ASHLAND AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60608
Parent company: VALSPAR CORP
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 | Dichloromethane | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Methyl ethyl ketone | Toluene | Ethylbenzene | Total (lbs) |
| 2006 | — | 1,037 | — | — | — | 1,039 |
| 2005 | — | 442 | — | 26 | 130 | 600 |
| 2004 | — | 3,521 | — | 255 | 1,000 | 5,031 |
| 2003 | — | 1,000 | — | — | 500 | 1,505 |
| 2002 | — | 1,000 | — | 5 | 500 | 1,515 |
| 2001 | — | 1,000 | — | 5 | 500 | 1,765 |
| 2000 | — | 4,820 | — | 750 | 1,000 | 7,820 |
| 1999 | — | 5,544 | — | 750 | 1,345 | 8,889 |
| 1998 | — | 7,016 | — | 1,331 | 1,576 | 10,673 |
| 1997 | — | 6,672 | — | 1,153 | 1,552 | 10,132 |
| 1996 | — | 5,346 | — | — | 1,301 | 7,152 |
| 1995 | — | 6,029 | — | — | 1,436 | 8,250 |
| 1994 | — | 500 | — | 250 | 1,000 | 2,275 |
| 1993 | — | 500 | — | 250 | 500 | 1,505 |
| 1992 | 255 | 1,000 | — | 255 | 500 | 2,025 |
| 1991 | 11,585 | 1,000 | — | 255 | 255 | 13,635 |
| 1990 | 14,005 | 1,450 | — | 255 | 500 | 18,045 |
| 1989 | 29,000 | 1,000 | 250 | 250 | 500 | 36,150 |
| 1988 | — | 1,573 | — | 500 | — | 2,573 |
| 1987 | — | — | 40,427 | 20,386 | — | 62,313 |
▎ 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.