Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
EMPIRE HARD CHROME INC.
1615 S KOSTNER AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60623
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 | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | Total (lbs) | ||||
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | ||||
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | ||||
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | ||||
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| 2020 | 26 | 26 | ||||
| 2019 | 29 | 29 | ||||
| 2018 | 31 | 31 | ||||
| 2017 | 31 | 31 | ||||
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | ||||
| 2015 | 40 | 40 | ||||
| 2014 | 44 | 44 | ||||
| 2013 | 33 | 33 | ||||
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | ||||
| 2011 | 30 | 30 | ||||
| 2010 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| 2009 | 27 | 27 | ||||
| 2008 | 25 | 25 | ||||
| 2007 | 23 | 23 | ||||
| 2006 | 26 | 26 | ||||
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | ||||
| 2004 | 108 | 108 | ||||
| 2003 | 122 | 122 | ||||
| 2002 | 202 | 202 | ||||
| 2001 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| 2000 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| 1999 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| 1998 | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||
| 1997 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| 1996 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| 1995 | 500 | 500 | ||||
| 1993 | 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.