Yabucoa Municipio, PR
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology.
Environmental data for Yabucoa Municipio in Puerto Rico · Population: 29,868
TRI sites such as Olein Recovery Corp: (refinery Plant); Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi); Olein Recovery Corp 2; SDWIS systems such as ACUED. RURAL DE TEJAS; ACUED. BO. GUAYABOTA; CALABAZAS ARRIBA anchor Yabucoa Municipio, PR's EPA extract. Derived burden score 36/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Yabucoa Municipio include ACUED. RURAL DE TEJAS; ACUED. BO. GUAYABOTA; CALABAZAS ARRIBA, while Olein Recovery Corp: (refinery Plant) leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 36/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Yabucoa Municipio -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Yabucoa Municipio, PR: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-84.3%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-84.4%
87.8 thousand lb → 13.7 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Yabucoa Municipio, PR's total reported releases fell from 86.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Yabucoa Municipio, PR's air releases fell from 86.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (10)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| ACUED. RURAL DE TEJAS | 1,709 | 4 |
| ACUED. BO. GUAYABOTA | 1,608 | 11 |
| CALABAZAS ARRIBA | 1,430 | 1 |
| GUAYABOTA | 1,036 | 30 |
| COMUNIDAD JACANAS SUR INC. | 668 | 9 |
| ACUED. RURAL JACANAS PIEDRAS BLANCAS I | 649 | 1 |
| ACUED. SODOMA | 590 | 3 |
| ACUED. RURAL JACANAS PIEDRAS BLANCAS | 449 | 11 |
| ACUED. RURAL SECT. EL VEINTE | 387 | 10 |
| ASOCIACION VECINOS SECTOR LA CASA CORP. | 93 | 1 |
TRI Facilities (3)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olein Recovery Corp: (refinery Plant) | 183.9K lbs |
| 2 | Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) | 63.7K lbs |
| 3 | Olein Recovery Corp 2 | 40.8K lbs |
Cities in Yabucoa Municipio (2)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
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