Belmont Plating Works
Total reported releases 129k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+33%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
3410 N RIVER RD, Franklin Park, Illinois · 332813 · Fabricated Metals
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 86% since 2010.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are up 52% since 2011.
Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds
Cadmium And Cadmium Compounds concentrations have fallen 31% since 2014.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds
Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have fallen 23% since 2011.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 14% since 2014.
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2012.
Lead compounds
Lead compounds concentrations are up 87% since 2010.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2014.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (125 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 163,909. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.