EPA TRI Facility · Coal Mining
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader
Centertown, KY
- Total releases
- 616 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader: how the 616 lbs splits
616 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 616 lbs 100.0%
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader's 616 lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume LAND pathway CARC-HEAVY
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Centertown, KY, in the coal mining sector. It reported 616 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 14,503 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. Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader is pounds #325 and chemical-count #311 at 616 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: Muhlenberg County Coal Resources Inc.; Kentucky Land Resources Inc; Big Rivers Electric Corp. Wilson Station; Kenamerican Resources Inc. Similar-scale Coal Mining peers outside Kentucky: Somerville Central Mine; Warrior Met Coal LLC; Bear Run Mine. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Mercury.
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 616 lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Somerville Central Mine and Warrior Met Coal LLC.
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
616 lbs 44th percentile higher than 44% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader in the Coal Mining sector extract
Among the 37 Coal Mining facilities in this database, Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader reports the 32nd-largest volume (616 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Somerville Central Mine and Warrior Met Coal LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader Form-R facts
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How Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 616 lbs.
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader · LAND-pathway site
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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 Lead, Mercury; nearby reporters include Muhlenberg County Coal Resources Inc.. Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader TRI extract (TRACE · LAND · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Centertown, KY, latest year 2019. NAICS 212111 · Coal Mining. 0.0% of Ohio TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nalco Company - Weatherford Otc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Western Kentucky Resources LLC - Equality Barge Loader stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
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- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
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