Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
BURKE PLANT
991 LONG FORK RD, KIMPER, KY, 41539
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 | 779 | 11 | 790 | |||
| 2002 | 2,375 | 34 | 2,409 | |||
| 2001 | 1,990 | 28 | 2,018 | |||
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | |||
▎ 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.