EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno)
Knoxville, TN · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 4 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno): how the 4 lbs splits
4 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4 lbs 100.0%
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno)'s 4 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: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Knoxville, TN, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 4 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 19,114 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. Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) is pounds #556 and chemical-count #254 at 4 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mplx Terminals LLC - Knoxville Tn LP Terminal; Cmc Steel Tennessee; Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC - Knoxville Site; Ready Mix USA Llc-Neyland Drive Plant. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside Tennessee: Safety Kleen Corp Groveport (gro); Safety-Kleen Systems Amarillo (ama); Stein,llc; Stein LLC. 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: Ethylene glycol; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; Lead.
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4 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 Corp Groveport (gro) and Safety-Kleen Systems Amarillo (ama).
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4 lbs 26th percentile higher than 26% 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 Knoxville (kno) in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) reports the 238th-largest volume (4 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Safety Kleen Corp Groveport (gro) and Safety-Kleen Systems Amarillo (ama).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 50% (2 lbs to 1 lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno): 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 Knoxville (kno) year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 50% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 4 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno)
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Mplx Terminals LLC - Knoxville Tn LP Terminal, Cmc Steel Tennessee, Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC - Knoxville Site, 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. Safety Kleen Corp Groveport (gro), Safety-Kleen Systems Amarillo (ama), Stein,llc.
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 Ethylene glycol, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene, Lead; nearby reporters include Mplx Terminals LLC - Knoxville Tn LP Terminal. Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) 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 Knoxville (kno) TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Knoxville, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562112 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Knox TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Asphalt Materials Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems Knoxville (kno) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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