EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC
Karns City, PA · Parent: Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP
- Total releases
- 5.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC: how the 7.1K lbs splits
7.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 7.1K lbs 100.0%
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC's 7.1K 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: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Karns City, PA, in the petroleum sector. It reported 1.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2024, and 5.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 10,950 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Calumet Karns City Refining LLC is pounds #484 and chemical-count #478 at 5.7K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sonneborn LLC; Etc Northeast Pipeline/galaxy Comp Sta; Jsp Intl Mfg; Ervin Industries in Amasteel Div. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Pennsylvania: Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC; Certainteed LLC; Lunday-Thagard Co DBA World Oil Refining; Valero Wilmington Asphalt Plant. Other Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP sites in this extract: Calumet Shreveport Refining LLC; Calumet Montana Refining Llc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers); Hydrogen sulfide.
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.7K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC and Certainteed LLC.
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.7K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene-led volume
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Calumet Karns City Refining LLC reports the 248th-largest volume (5.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene alone is 68.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC and Certainteed LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Calumet Karns City Refining LLC's pounds in one chemical - here 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene at 68.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Calumet Karns City Refining LLC's total reported releases rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Calumet Karns City Refining LLC's air releases rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Calumet Karns City Refining LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 29% (1.1K lbs to 1.4K lbs).
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Calumet Karns City Refining LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 29% from 2019 to 2024). 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: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 4.8K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 0 lbs | - |
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Calumet Karns City Refining LLC
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Sonneborn LLC, Etc Northeast Pipeline/galaxy Comp Sta, Jsp Intl Mfg, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC, Certainteed LLC, Lunday-Thagard Co DBA World Oil Refining.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Calumet Karns City Refining LLC on cumulative reported pounds (5.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Alaskan Copper Works, Advansix Resins & Chemicals LLC, Dairy Farmers of America Inc. Springfield. 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.
- Alaskan Copper Works Seattle, WA · Fabricated Metals 5.7K lbs reported
- Advansix Resins & Chemicals LLC Chester, VA · Chemicals 5.7K lbs reported
- Dairy Farmers of America Inc. Springfield Springfield, MO · Beverages 5.7K lbs reported
- Nibco Inc Nacogdoches Plant Nacogdoches, TX · Fabricated Metals 5.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Calumet Shreveport Refining LLC, Calumet Montana Refining 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 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Xylene (mixed isomers), Hydrogen sulfide; nearby reporters include Sonneborn LLC. Calumet Karns City Refining LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Calumet Karns City Refining LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Karns City, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 324199 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Butler TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Alaskan Copper Works (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Calumet Karns City Refining LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene. 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