Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
METAL FINISHING RESEARCH CORP
4025 S PRINCETON AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60609
Parent company: DUBOIS CHEMICALS INC.
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 | Nitric acid | Phosphoric acid | Zinc compounds | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Manganese compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | 9 |
| 2015 | 50 | — | 38 | — | — | 94 |
| 2014 | 62 | — | 48 | — | — | 116 |
| 2013 | 56 | — | 44 | — | — | 104 |
| 2012 | 59 | — | 47 | — | — | 110 |
| 2011 | 55 | — | 42 | — | — | 101 |
| 2010 | 50 | — | 39 | — | — | 93 |
| 2009 | 30 | — | 24 | — | — | 108 |
| 2008 | 38 | — | 27 | — | 2 | 152 |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | 99 |
| 2005 | — | — | 54 | — | — | 165 |
| 2004 | 163 | — | 47 | — | — | 327 |
| 2003 | 537 | — | 98 | — | — | 780 |
| 2002 | 630 | — | 176 | — | — | 956 |
| 2001 | 620 | — | 123 | — | — | 776 |
| 2000 | 738 | — | 138 | — | 29 | 1,056 |
| 1999 | 750 | — | 114 | — | 27 | 1,049 |
| 1998 | 790 | 840 | 99 | — | 29 | 1,921 |
| 1997 | 610 | 750 | 79 | 56 | 24 | 1,657 |
| 1996 | 570 | 700 | 53 | 59 | 26 | 1,544 |
| 1995 | 700 | 730 | 63 | 66 | 24 | 1,719 |
| 1994 | 830 | 810 | 76 | 68 | 33 | 1,872 |
| 1993 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 255 | 3,775 |
| 1992 | 500 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 255 | 3,040 |
| 1991 | 500 | 500 | 255 | 500 | 255 | 2,540 |
| 1990 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 255 | 500 | 255 | 3,785 |
| 1989 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 5,500 |
| 1988 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 5,000 |
| 1987 | — | — | 500 | — | 500 | 1,251 |
▎ 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.