EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum Bulk Terminals
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant
Mount Sterling, KY · Parent: Keystops LLC
- Total releases
- 2.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant: how the 2.3K lbs splits
2.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.3K lbs 100.0%
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant's 2.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mount Sterling, KY, in the petroleum bulk terminals sector. It reported 1.1K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2020, and 2.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 12,606 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. Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant is pounds #285 and chemical-count #74 at 2.3K 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: Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling; Nestle Prepared Foods Co; Cooper Standard Automotive; E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power Station. Similar-scale Petroleum Bulk Terminals peers outside Kentucky: Petrostar Inc. - Port of Alaska Terminal; Exxonmobil Oil Corp Vernon Terminal; The Whitaker Co; U.S. Dod Dfsp Charleston. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Xylene (mixed isomers); 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Benzene.
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 9 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.3K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Petrostar Inc. - Port of Alaska Terminal and Exxonmobil Oil Corp Vernon Terminal.
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.3K lbs Top 49% higher than 51% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant in the Petroleum Bulk Terminals sector extract
Among the 695 Petroleum Bulk Terminals facilities in this database, Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant reports the 337th-largest volume (2.3K lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Petrostar Inc. - Port of Alaska Terminal and Exxonmobil Oil Corp Vernon Terminal.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 4% (1.2K lbs to 1.1K lbs).
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% from 2019 to 2020). 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: Toluene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.2K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 1.1K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). 4 of 9 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 1.1K lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 0 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cumene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 0 lbs | - |
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling, Nestle Prepared Foods Co, Cooper Standard Automotive, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Petroleum Bulk Terminals Facilities
Other Petroleum Bulk Terminals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Petrostar Inc. - Port of Alaska Terminal, Exxonmobil Oil Corp Vernon Terminal, The Whitaker Co.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Joy Global Underground Mining LLC, Braddock Metallurgical, Standard Motor Products Inc. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. 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.
- Joy Global Underground Mining LLC Duffield, VA · Other 2.3K lbs reported
- Braddock Metallurgical Daytona Beach, FL · Fabricated Metals 2.3K lbs reported
- Standard Motor Products Inc Mishawaka, IN · Plastics and Rubber 2.3K lbs reported
- Ecobat Resources Arizona Casa Grande, AZ · Fabricated Metals 2.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 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 Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers), 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Benzene; nearby reporters include Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling. Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mount Sterling, KY, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 424710 · Petroleum Bulk Terminals. 1.0% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Braddock Metallurgical (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Key Oil Co Mount Sterling Bulk Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Toluene. 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