EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum Bulk Terminals
Valero Louisville Terminal
Louisville, KY · Parent: Valero Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 4.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 12
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Valero Louisville Terminal: how the 4.0K lbs splits
4.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.9K lbs 99.7%
- Off-site Transfers 11 lbs 0.3%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Valero Louisville Terminal's 4.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Toluene.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Valero Louisville Terminal is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Louisville, KY, in the petroleum bulk terminals sector. It reported 4.0K lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2022. That ranks 11,603 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. Valero Louisville Terminal is pounds #265 and chemical-count #50 at 4.0K 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: Chevron Louisville Terminal/lubricants Blend Plant; Carbide Industries LLC; Geon Performance Solutions; Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc. Similar-scale Petroleum Bulk Terminals peers outside Kentucky: Equilon Mormon Island Terminal; Sun Coast Resources LLC; Sun Coast Resources; Sprague Rensselaer Terminal. Other Valero Energy Corp sites in this extract: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining-Texas LP; Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP; Valero Refining-Texas LP Corpus Christi West Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; n-Hexane; Xylene (mixed isomers); Benzene.
Valero Louisville Terminal stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.7% air releases) across 12 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.0K lbs (2022–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Equilon Mormon Island Terminal and Sun Coast Resources LLC.
Valero Louisville Terminal vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.0K lbs Top 45% higher than 55% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valero Louisville Terminal in the Petroleum Bulk Terminals sector extract
Among the 695 Petroleum Bulk Terminals facilities in this database, Valero Louisville Terminal reports the 295th-largest volume (4.0K lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Equilon Mormon Island Terminal and Sun Coast Resources LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Valero Louisville Terminal Form-R facts
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12.0× more than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Valero Louisville Terminal releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.0K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2022). 4 of 12 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Toluene | 1.1K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 745 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 338 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 322 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 223 lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 136 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 63 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 26 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Valero Louisville Terminal · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valero Louisville Terminal
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Chevron Louisville Terminal/lubricants Blend Plant, Carbide Industries LLC, Geon Performance Solutions, 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. Equilon Mormon Island Terminal, Sun Coast Resources LLC, Sun Coast Resources.
Compare beyond Kentucky
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Valero Louisville Terminal on cumulative reported pounds (4.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (12). Release-pound peers include Xylem, Inc., U.S. Dhs James J. Rowley Training Center, Agilent Technologies Boulder Co. Chemical-count peers include Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd, Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc., Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex. 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).
- Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd Manati, PR · Chemicals 12 chemicals
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc. Penuelas, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
- Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex Aguirre, PR · Electric Utilities 12 chemicals
- Citgo Petroleum Corp Braintree, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
Other Valero Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery, Valero Refining-Texas LP, Diamond Shamrock Refining Co LP.
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, n-Hexane, Xylene (mixed isomers), Benzene; nearby reporters include Chevron Louisville Terminal/lubricants Blend Plant. Valero Louisville Terminal stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Valero Louisville Terminal TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Toluene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valero Louisville Terminal totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Louisville, KY, latest year 2022. NAICS 424710 · Petroleum Bulk Terminals. 0.0% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Xylem, Inc. (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valero Louisville Terminal stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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