EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Bluestone Coke
Birmingham, AL · Parent: Bluestone Minerals Inc
- Total releases
- 43.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 18
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bluestone Coke: how the 43.0K lbs splits
43.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 41.5K lbs 96.5%
- Water Discharges 1.5K lbs 3.5%
Bluestone Coke's 43.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 96.5% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 3.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Bluestone Coke is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Birmingham, AL, in the petroleum sector. It reported 5.0K lbs of releases across 18 chemicals in 2021, and 43.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 6,460 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Univar Solutions Birmingham; Drummond Co Inc Abc Coke Div; Nucor Steel Birmingham Inc; Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Tarrant Plant. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Alabama: Silver Eagle Refining-Evanston; Kern Energy; Silver Eagle Refining Woods Cross; Par West Refinery. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene; Ammonia; Benzene; Toluene.
Bluestone Coke stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (96.5% air releases) across 18 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 43.0K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Silver Eagle Refining-Evanston and Kern Energy.
Bluestone Coke vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
43K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bluestone Coke in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Bluestone Coke reports the 174th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.3% of its sector. Scale peers outside Alabama include Silver Eagle Refining-Evanston and Kern Energy.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Bluestone Coke Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bluestone Coke releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 43.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases decreased by 81% (25.9K lbs to 5.0K lbs).
Bluestone Coke: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Bluestone Coke year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 81% from 2019 to 2021). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Ethylene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25.9K lbs | 18 |
| 2020 | 12.1K lbs | 18 |
| 2021 | 5.0K lbs | 18 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 4 of 18 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene | 11.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 8.7K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 7.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 4.2K lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 2.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 1.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Propylene | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 607 lbs | - |
| Cresol (mixed isomers) | 519 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 271 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenanthrene | 159 lbs | - |
| Styrene | 72 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Anthracene | 43 lbs | - |
| Dibenzofuran | 22 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 16 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Bluestone Coke · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bluestone Coke
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Univar Solutions Birmingham, Drummond Co Inc Abc Coke Div, Nucor Steel Birmingham Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Silver Eagle Refining-Evanston, Kern Energy, Silver Eagle Refining Woods Cross.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bluestone Coke on cumulative reported pounds (43.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (18). Release-pound peers include Lsc Communications / Harrisonburg N, Renold Inc, 3A Composites USA Inc. Chemical-count peers include Pride Solvents & Chemical Co of New Jersey, Mpm Silicones LLC, Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Pride Solvents & Chemical Co of New Jersey Avenel, NJ · Chemical Wholesalers 18 chemicals
- Mpm Silicones LLC Waterford, NY · Chemicals 18 chemicals
- Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility Yukon, PA · Hazardous Waste 18 chemicals
- Desotec US LLC Darlington Facility Darlington, PA · Hazardous Waste 18 chemicals
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ethylene, Ammonia, Benzene, Toluene; nearby reporters include Univar Solutions Birmingham. Bluestone Coke stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Bluestone Coke TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bluestone Coke totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Birmingham, AL, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 324199 · Petroleum. 0.2% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lsc Communications / Harrisonburg N (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bluestone Coke stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov