EPA TRI Facility · Coal Mining
Viper Mine
Elkhart, IL · Parent: Knight Hawk Holdings LLC
- Total releases
- 568.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Viper Mine: how the 568.7K lbs splits
568.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 543.9K lbs 95.6%
- Air Releases 24.8K lbs 4.4%
Viper Mine's 568.7K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 95.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Aluminum (fume or dust).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Viper Mine is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Elkhart, IL, in the coal mining sector. It reported 14.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 568.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,798 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Viper Mine is pounds #70 and chemical-count #119 at 568.7K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ardagh Glass Inc; Eaton Corp; Solomon Colors Inc.; US Dod Usaf Capital Map Ang. Similar-scale Coal Mining peers outside Illinois: Solar Sources Mining LLC Cannelburg Preparation Plant; Bni Coal Ltd; Solar Sources Mining LLC Shamrock Preparation Facility; Ohio County Coal Resources Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Aluminum (fume or dust); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese; Zinc compounds.
Viper Mine stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (95.6% land disposal) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 568.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Solar Sources Mining LLC Cannelburg Preparation Plant and Bni Coal Ltd.
Viper Mine vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
569K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Viper Mine inside Logan's TRI pounds
Among the 37 Coal Mining facilities in this database, Viper Mine reports the 9th-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Logan. Scale peers outside Illinois include Solar Sources Mining LLC Cannelburg Preparation Plant and Bni Coal Ltd.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Logan's reported pounds (568.8K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Viper Mine's total reported releases fell from 43.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Viper Mine's land releases fell from 40.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Viper Mine's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Viper Mine's air releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Viper Mine Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Viper Mine releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 568.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 96% (372.1K lbs to 14.8K lbs).
Viper Mine: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Viper Mine year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 96% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Aluminum (fume or dust).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 372.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 77.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 61.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 43.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 14.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 208.1K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 157.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese | 116.4K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 57.1K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 21.0K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 8.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 210 lbs | - |
| Mercury | 205 lbs | - |
Viper Mine · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Viper Mine
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Ardagh Glass Inc, Eaton Corp, Solomon Colors Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Coal Mining Facilities
Other Coal Mining facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Solar Sources Mining LLC Cannelburg Preparation Plant, Bni Coal Ltd, Solar Sources Mining LLC Shamrock Preparation Facility.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Viper Mine on cumulative reported pounds (568.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Sivance LLC, Sigeco F B Culley Generating Station, US Navy Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. 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).
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 Aluminum (fume or dust), Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Ardagh Glass Inc. Viper Mine stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN 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 Viper Mine TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Aluminum (fume or dust)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Viper Mine totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Elkhart, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 212112 · Coal Mining. more than 99.9% of Logan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sivance LLC (Δ 343 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Viper Mine stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Aluminum (fume or dust). 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