Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PACIFIC ETHANOL PEKIN, LLC
1300 S 2ND ST, PEKIN, IL, 61554
Parent company: PACIFIC ETHANOL CENTRAL LLC
Carcinogen
PBT
— 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 | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Zinc compounds | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Acetaldehyde | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 124,260 | — | — | — | 73,849 | 266,656 |
| 2023 | 88,893 | — | — | — | 73,049 | 230,862 |
| 2022 | 95,802 | — | — | — | 295,597 | 429,784 |
| 2021 | 95,418 | — | — | — | 115,948 | 242,055 |
| 2020 | 81,847 | — | — | — | 25,175 | 144,591 |
| 2019 | 97,260 | — | — | — | 31,205 | 168,989 |
| 2018 | 140,621 | — | — | — | 32,117 | 213,445 |
| 2017 | 103,765 | — | — | — | 32,022 | 173,699 |
| 2016 | 102,680 | 163,264 | 962,400 | 93,944 | 16,816 | 1,443,880 |
| 2015 | 136,149 | 140,717 | 834,075 | 81,418 | 17,631 | 1,304,660 |
| 2014 | 174,506 | 264,089 | 1,556,738 | 151,961 | 17,694 | 2,348,515 |
| 2013 | 216,222 | 310,298 | — | 106,921 | 38,701 | 713,103 |
| 2012 | 242,999 | 342,229 | — | 121,079 | 34,756 | 784,168 |
| 2011 | 120,307 | 380,389 | — | 114,093 | 37,959 | 686,190 |
| 2010 | 245,448 | 395,180 | — | 120,320 | 37,474 | 837,748 |
| 2009 | 402,348 | 400,712 | — | 110,793 | 39,633 | 992,920 |
| 2008 | 601,473 | 260,235 | — | 123,385 | 1,596 | 1,075,621 |
| 2007 | 762,963 | 264,572 | — | 126,714 | 1,608 | 1,234,038 |
| 2006 | 449,049 | 274,421 | 21,571 | 119,849 | 1,350 | 953,247 |
| 2005 | 1,650,264 | 291,884 | — | 131,516 | 1,284 | 2,166,131 |
| 2004 | 1,474,472 | 462,340 | 374 | — | 1,548 | 1,952,210 |
| 2003 | 1,117,493 | 130,767 | — | — | — | 1,251,024 |
| 2002 | — | 162,555 | — | — | — | 168,660 |
| 2001 | 1,679,842 | 83,428 | 162,346 | — | 46 | 2,044,137 |
| 2000 | 1,593,348 | 150,383 | 361,620 | — | 92 | 2,382,350 |
| 1999 | 1,283,859 | 424,630 | 295,260 | — | — | 2,405,726 |
| 1998 | 2,228,264 | 330,615 | — | — | — | 2,564,579 |
| 1997 | — | 130,223 | — | — | — | 132,094 |
| 1996 | — | 64,695 | — | — | — | 74,882 |
| 1995 | — | 114,125 | — | — | — | 121,815 |
| 1994 | — | 158,055 | — | — | — | 175,446 |
| 1993 | — | 171,584 | — | — | — | 197,142 |
| 1992 | — | 290,497 | — | — | — | 332,668 |
| 1991 | — | 418,000 | — | — | — | 434,937 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | 38,777 |
| 1989 | — | — | — | — | — | 71,200 |
| 1988 | — | — | — | — | — | 45,250 |
| 1987 | — | — | — | — | — | 1,700 |
▎ 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.