Facility detail

NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL CO

3641 S WASHTENAW AVE, CHICAGO, IL, 60632

Parent company: NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL BRIDGEWATER NJ

Carcinogen — 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 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Ethylene glycol Vinyl acetate Nitric acid Sodium hydroxide (solution) Total (lbs)
2000 — 10 500 — — 510
1999 — 10 500 — — 510
1998 — 934 569 — — 1,503
1997 — 785 67 — — 852
1996 — 671 187 — — 858
1995 — 567 — — — 567
1994 — 450 — — — 450
1993 — 425 — — — 425
1992 — 460 — 230 — 690
1991 1,370 540 — 410 — 2,320
1990 3,100 570 — 467 — 4,137
1989 3,650 485 — 575 — 4,710
1988 — 320 — — 250 570

▎ 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.