Facility detail

WHEATLAND TUBE CO - CHICAGO DIV

4435 S WESTERN BLVD, CHICAGO, IL, 60609

Parent company: ZEKELMAN INDUSTRIES INC

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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 Xylene (mixed isomers) Dichloromethane 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Certain glycol ethers Methyl ethyl ketone Total (lbs)
2024 55,480 — — 42,080 — 130,314
2023 49,320 — — 42,020 — 125,358
2022 36,960 — — 33,640 — 99,136
2021 47,520 — — 38,580 — 117,594
2020 42,160 — — 38,180 — 111,460
2019 34,080 — — 43,800 — 107,923
2018 39,200 — — 13,360 — 67,843
2017 42,220 — — 12,040 — 71,156
2016 42,120 — — 18,380 — 76,817
2015 32,840 — — 19,420 — 71,439
2014 8,820 — — 16,180 — 42,870
2013 8,450 — — 18,400 — 47,188
2012 11,250 — — 14,000 — 40,890
2011 — — — — — 14,856
2010 — — — — — 17,901
2009 — — — — — 11,251
2008 13,387 — — — — 25,456
2007 18,325 — — — — 30,182
2006 15,208 — — — — 26,584
2005 15,147 — — — — 26,483
2004 14,155 — — — — 24,965
2003 32,075 — — — — 42,093
2002 40,100 — — — — 49,043
2001 41,476 — — — — 49,652
2000 34,053 — — — — 43,448
1999 17,964 — — — — 19,719
1998 53,400 — — — — 55,155
1997 62,950 — — — — 64,132
1996 79,400 71,680 — — — 153,582
1995 37,170 230,600 — — 26,600 295,630
1994 41,400 188,200 — — 38,900 315,547
1993 34,800 230,400 — — 19,300 348,355
1992 66,000 113,100 111,000 — 47,700 387,205
1991 64,000 135,700 128,000 — 30,000 361,210
1990 18,400 — 102,700 — 101,600 263,160
1989 7,964 — 43,200 — — 74,264
1988 — — — — — 22,600
1987 — — — — — 18,500

▎ 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.