EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Nexpera Wurtland Plant
Wurtland, KY · Parent: Veolia N.a.
- Total releases
- 20.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Nexpera Wurtland Plant: how the 20.2K lbs splits
20.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 20.2K lbs 100.0%
Nexpera Wurtland Plant's 20.2K 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Nexpera Wurtland Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wurtland, KY, in the chemicals sector. It reported 308 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 20.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,237 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. Nexpera Wurtland Plant is pounds #195 and chemical-count #204 at 20.2K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc; Vesuvius USA - Wurtland Plant; Ak Steel Corp; Federal Correctional Institution Ashland Ky. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Kentucky: Vibrantz Corp; Coatings & Adhesives Corp; Cymer LLC; World Energy Rome. Other Veolia N.a. sites in this extract: Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC; Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C.; Veolia N.a. Inc.; Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrogen sulfide.
Nexpera Wurtland Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 20.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Vibrantz Corp and Coatings & Adhesives Corp.
Nexpera Wurtland Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
20K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nexpera Wurtland Plant: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Nexpera Wurtland Plant reports the 1,726th-largest volume (20.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 92.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Vibrantz Corp and Coatings & Adhesives Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nexpera Wurtland Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at 92.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nexpera Wurtland Plant's total reported releases fell from 6.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 308 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nexpera Wurtland Plant's air releases fell from 6.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 308 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nexpera Wurtland Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nexpera Wurtland Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 20.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 94% (5.2K lbs to 308 lbs).
Nexpera Wurtland Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nexpera Wurtland Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 94% 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 3.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 4.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 6.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 308 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
Nexpera Wurtland Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nexpera Wurtland Plant
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc, Vesuvius USA - Wurtland Plant, Ak Steel Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Vibrantz Corp, Coatings & Adhesives Corp, Cymer LLC.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nexpera Wurtland Plant on cumulative reported pounds (20.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Crossroads Seamless USA LLC, John Deere Turf Care, Vibrantz Corp. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Veolia N.a. Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Elemental Environmental Solutions LLC, Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C., Veolia N.a. 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 Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Hydrogen sulfide; nearby reporters include Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc. Nexpera Wurtland 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.
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This Nexpera Wurtland Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nexpera Wurtland Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wurtland, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 2.3% of Greenup TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Crossroads Seamless USA LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nexpera Wurtland Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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