EPA TRI Facility · Hazardous Waste
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe)
Wheeling, WV · Parent: Clean Harbors Inc
- Total releases
- 15 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe): how the 15 lbs splits
15 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 15 lbs 98.0%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs 2.0%
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe)'s 15 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 2.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wheeling, WV, in the hazardous waste sector. It reported 4 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 15 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,187 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In West Virginia's 182 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) is pounds #161 and chemical-count #79 at 15 lbs. Harrison Power Station leads reported pounds (32.5M lbs) at 29 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Mount Storm Power Station leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (5.6M lbs, pounds #7). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Aes Industries Inc; Ziegenfelder; Swisher International Inc; Jupiter Aluminum - Beech Bottom. Similar-scale Hazardous Waste peers outside West Virginia: Safety-Kleen Systems Springfield (smo); Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any); Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg); Safety-Kleen Systems Englewood (eco). 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 Wheeling (whe) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15 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 Systems Springfield (smo) and Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any).
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% 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 Wheeling (whe) in the Hazardous Waste sector extract
Among the 261 Hazardous Waste facilities in this database, Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) reports the 224th-largest volume (15 lbs). Scale peers outside West Virginia include Safety-Kleen Systems Springfield (smo) and Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any).
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 33% (3 lbs to 4 lbs).
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe): 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 Wheeling (whe) year-over-year reported totals (increased by 33% 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 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 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 | 15 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe)
Closest other reporters in West Virginia - including Aes Industries Inc, Ziegenfelder, Swisher International Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 181 other reporting facilities in West Virginia.
Similar Hazardous Waste Facilities
Other Hazardous Waste facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside West Virginia - e.g. Safety-Kleen Systems Springfield (smo), Safety-Kleen Systems Amityville (any), Safety-Kleen Systems Elgin (elg).
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 Aes Industries Inc. Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) stamps TRACE 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 Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wheeling, WV, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 562112 · Hazardous Waste. 0.0% of Ohio TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Industrial Timber Claremont (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safety-Kleen Systems Wheeling (whe) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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