Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
ESSEX SPECIALTY PRODUCTS INC
550 N HOBBIE AVE, KANKAKEE, IL, 60901
Parent company: DOW CHEMICAL CO
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 | Methanol | Toluene | Xylene (mixed isomers) | Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | n-Dioctyl phthalate | Total (lbs) |
| 1993 | 132 | 132 | 56 | 168 | — | 513 |
| 1992 | 16,590 | 3,867 | 374 | 16 | 206 | 21,088 |
| 1991 | 4,203 | 2,236 | 342 | — | 1 | 6,783 |
| 1990 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 10 | 10 | 1,530 |
| 1989 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 3,000 |
| 1988 | 500 | — | — | 500 | — | 1,750 |
| 1987 | — | 18 | — | — | — | 18 |
▎ 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.