Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BELL CHEMICAL CO
411 N WOLCOTT AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 606226281
Parent company: NA
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 | 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Methanol | Methyl ethyl ketone | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Certain glycol ethers | Total (lbs) |
| 1993 | 9,448 | 5 | 438 | — | — | 9,896 |
| 1992 | 5 | 38,000 | — | 5 | — | 38,010 |
| 1991 | 5 | 21,000 | 1,500 | 5 | 5 | 22,515 |
| 1990 | 5 | 5 | 250 | 5 | 5 | 270 |
| 1989 | 81,287 | 5,273 | 4,563 | 13,741 | — | 104,864 |
| 1988 | 76,825 | — | 25,220 | 4,424 | — | 106,469 |
| 1987 | — | 250 | — | — | — | 250 |
▎ 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.