EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Esco Group LLC
Covington, KY · Parent: Esco Group LLC
- Total releases
- 363 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Esco Group LLC: how the 363 lbs splits
363 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 215 lbs 59.3%
- Air Releases 141 lbs 38.8%
- Water Discharges 7 lbs 1.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Esco Group LLC's 363 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 59.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 38.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Esco Group LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Covington, KY, in the machinery sector. It reported 19 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 363 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,171 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Esco Group LLC is pounds #340 and chemical-count #142 at 363 lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Iofina Chemical Inc.; Interplastic Corp-Fort Wright; Mplx Terminals LLC - Covington Ky Terminal; Andrews Laser Works. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Kentucky: Abilene West; Lufkin Gears LLC; Paladin Attachments - Akron; Gd Energy Products - Tulsa. Other Esco Group LLC sites in this extract: Esco Group LLC; Esco Phoenix; Bucyrus Blades Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel; Copper.
Esco Group LLC is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Covington, KY: 363 lbs across 5 chemicals (2 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 59.3%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Abilene West and Lufkin Gears LLC.
Esco Group LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
363 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Esco Group LLC in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Esco Group LLC reports the 511th-largest volume (363 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Abilene West and Lufkin Gears LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Esco Group LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Esco Group LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 363 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 93% (255 lbs to 19 lbs).
Esco Group LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Esco Group LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 93% 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: Manganese.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 255 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 33 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 28 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 27 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 19 lbs | 2 |
Esco Group LLC in Kenton
Nearest TRI Facilities to Esco Group LLC
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Iofina Chemical Inc., Interplastic Corp-Fort Wright, Mplx Terminals LLC - Covington Ky Terminal, ordered by distance.
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Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Abilene West, Lufkin Gears LLC, Paladin Attachments - Akron.
Other Esco Group LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Esco Group LLC, Esco Phoenix, Bucyrus Blades Inc.
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 Manganese, Chromium, Nickel, Copper; nearby reporters include Iofina Chemical Inc.. Esco Group LLC stamps TRACE volume · MIXED 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.
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This Esco Group LLC TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Esco Group LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Covington, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333120 · Machinery. 0.2% of Kenton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Spectra Colorants (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Esco Group LLC stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 59.3%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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