In the early 1990s Viskase Inc., Willowbrook, IL, a leading
manufacturer of cellulosic and nylon casings used in the preparation
and packaging of processed meat products was pointed out as number two
polluter in Illinoise in 1992.
Where can I find information about the companies environmental
permissions today?

Hello infonaut-ga,

Looking at your other question about Viskase it’s clear that you know
about their bankruptcy filing.

Here are the reports I’ve found on Viskase’s environmental progress
since 1992. I hope this provides you the information you need.

czh

http://www.scorecard.org/smart-search/one-word.tcl?query_string=viskase
Environmental Defense and GetActive Software
Scorecard
Searchable database. Located reports for 5 Viskase facilities
searching by company name. It provides several graphs to review the
trends for emissions by the facility.

http://www.viskase.com/AR01p1.pdf
SEC Form 10K, Fiscal year ended 12/31/01
Page 6 – Impact of environmental regulations

http://www.areco.org/rosscriteria.pdf
Comparison of Criteria Emissions, 7/28/02
Viskase among Top 10 polluters in Cook county

http://www.nsc.org/library/chemical/carbondi.htm
National Safety Council based on information from the EPA
Carbon Disulfide Chemical Backgrounder, 1998
The 10 facilities releasing the largest amounts of carbon disulfide in
1998 were: Lenzing Fibers Corp., Lowland, TN (17,365,005 pounds);
Acordis Cellulosic Fibers Inc. Axis, AL (10,661,100 pounds);
Devro-Teepak Inc. Danville, IL (3,552,958 pounds); Viskase Corp.,
Loudon, TN (1,941,000 pounds); Viskase Corp., Osceola, AR (1,215,250
pounds); Spontex Inc., Columbia, TN (1,199,166 pounds); Ucb Films
Inc., Tecumseh, KS (904,606 pounds); Viskase Corp., Bedford Park, IL
(825,800 pounds); Columbian Chemicals Co., Proctor, WV (820,000
pounds); and Columbian Chemicals Co., El Dorado, AR (710,000 pounds).

http://www.p2.org/workgroup/regint/p2i2casestudies.pdf 
Pollution Prevention Regulatory Integration Case Studies
“Viskase Corporation received an expedited permit to build a prototype
cellulose casing machine that will achieve a 98% reduction in VOC
emissions compared to the current process at its Bedford Park
facility. Source: Kevin Greene. June 1998. Illinois EPA Expedited
Permit Program for P2 “

http://www.epa.state.il.us/chemical-safety/toxic-chemical-report/1996/toxic-chemical-report-1996.pdf
Table 5 – General reduction in emissions but Viskase increased 12%
from 1.2 million pounds in 1988 to 1.7 in 1996.

http://www.epa.state.il.us/chemical-safety/toxic-chemical-report/1997/toxic-chemical-report-1997.pdf
1997 Report shows 1.6

http://www.epa.state.il.us/chemical-safety/toxic-chemical-report/2000/toxic-chemical-report-2000.pdf
Fourteenth Annual Toxic Chemical Report
Table 9, 0%
It seems that in 1999 and 2000 the emissions were zero.