EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek)
Lexington, KY · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 2 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek): how the 2 lbs splits
2 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2 lbs 100.0%
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek)'s 2 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: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lexington, KY, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2020, and 2 lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 19,422 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. Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) is pounds #405 and chemical-count #146 at 2 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: Link-Belt Cranes L.P. Lllp a Delaware Ltd Liability L; Central Kentucky Processing Inc; Prestress Services Industries Llc-Lexington Branch; Fort Dearborn Co. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Kentucky: Safety-Kleen Systems Spokane Valley (spo); USA Lamp & Ballast Recyling Inc; Safety-Kleen Systems Vincentown (vin); Safety-Kleen Systems Kenner (ken). Other Clean Harbors Inc sites in this extract: Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC; Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LLC; Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC; Clean Harbors Lone Mountain LLC Lone Mountain Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Lead.
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2 lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Spokane Valley (spo) and USA Lamp & Ballast Recyling Inc.
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2 lbs 25th percentile higher than 25% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) reports the 239th-largest volume (2 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Safety-Kleen Systems Spokane Valley (spo) and USA Lamp & Ballast Recyling Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases held roughly flat (1 lbs to 1 lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek): annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 2 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek)
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Link-Belt Cranes L.P. Lllp a Delaware Ltd Liability L, Central Kentucky Processing Inc, Prestress Services Industries Llc-Lexington Branch, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Safety-Kleen Systems Spokane Valley (spo), USA Lamp & Ballast Recyling Inc, Safety-Kleen Systems Vincentown (vin).
Other Clean Harbors Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC, Clean Harbors Grassy Mountain LLC, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC.
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 glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Lead; nearby reporters include Link-Belt Cranes L.P. Lllp a Delaware Ltd Liability L. Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) stamps TRACE 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 Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lexington, KY, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 562112 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Fayette TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Alco Manufacturing Corp LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems Lexington (lek) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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