EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou)
Louisville, KY · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 21 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou): how the 21 lbs splits
21 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 21 lbs 100.0%
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou)'s 21 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: Methanol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Louisville, KY, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 16 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 21 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,940 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 Louisville (lou) is pounds #393 and chemical-count #145 at 21 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville; The Pittsburgh Paints Co.; Bae Systems; Beneke Wire Co. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Kentucky: Safety-Kleen Systems South Bend (sbi); Safety-Kleen Systems Wichita (wib); Safety-Kleen Systems Pueblo (pue) (605204); Safety-Kleen Systems. 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: Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 21 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety-Kleen Systems South Bend (sbi) and Safety-Kleen Systems Wichita (wib).
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
21 lbs 31st percentile higher than 31% 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 Louisville (lou) in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) reports the 218th-largest volume (21 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Safety-Kleen Systems South Bend (sbi) and Safety-Kleen Systems Wichita (wib).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou)'s total reported releases rose from 1 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou)'s air releases rose from 1 lb in 2022 to 16 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou)'s chemicals reported rose from 3 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 21 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 700% (2 lbs to 16 lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou): annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) year-over-year reported totals (increased by 700% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 16 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 15 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 6 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville, The Pittsburgh Paints Co., Bae Systems, 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 South Bend (sbi), Safety-Kleen Systems Wichita (wib), Safety-Kleen Systems Pueblo (pue) (605204).
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 Methanol, Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Azz Galvanizing Services-Louisville. Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) 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 Louisville (lou) TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Louisville, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562112 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Autocam Precision Components (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems Louisville (lou) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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