EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility
Oak Ridge, TN · Parent: Energysolutions LLC
- Total releases
- 251.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility: how the 251.2K lbs splits
251.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 251.2K lbs 100.0%
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility's 251.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Oak Ridge, TN, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 60.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 251.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,867 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility is pounds #94 and chemical-count #340 at 251.2K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex; Advanced Measurement Technology; US Doe Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rapiscan As&e. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Tennessee: Berg Lacquer Co; US Doe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant; Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Bridgeport LLC; Safety-Kleen Systems Romulus (rom). Other Energysolutions LLC sites in this extract: Energysolutions LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 251.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Berg Lacquer Co and US Doe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
251K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility: Lead-led volume
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility reports the 71st-largest volume (251.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead alone is 99.4% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 99.4% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Berg Lacquer Co and US Doe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Lead at 99.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility's total reported releases fell from 72.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility's off-site transfers fell from 72.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility Form-R facts
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See how Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 251.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 34% (44.6K lbs to 60.0K lbs).
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility year-over-year reported totals (increased by 34% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 675 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 73.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 72.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 60.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 249.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex, Advanced Measurement Technology, US Doe Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 594 other reporting facilities in Tennessee.
Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Berg Lacquer Co, US Doe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Bridgeport LLC.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility on cumulative reported pounds (251.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Heartland Corn Products, Tree Top Inc - Selah Sprayfield, Idaho Forest Group-Lewiston. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
Other Energysolutions LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Energysolutions 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 Lead, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Nnsa Y-12 National Security Complex. Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Oak Ridge, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562219 · Hazardous Waste. 9.8% of Anderson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Heartland Corn Products (Δ 183 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Energysolutions Bear Creek Facility stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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.
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