Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
HIGNITE PREP PLANT
RT1 BOX 290 STATE RT 74, MIDDLESBORO, KY, 40965
Parent company: JAMES RIVER COAL CO
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Lead | Mercury | Total (lbs) | |||
| 2003 | 390 | 3 | 393 | |||
| 2002 | 1,070 | 9 | 1,079 | |||
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.