Facility detail

CENTURY ALUMINUM OF KENTUCKY

1627 STATE RT 3543, HAWESVILLE, KY, 42348

Parent company: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Carbonyl sulfide Hydrogen fluoride Polycyclic aromatic compounds Naphthalene Chlorine Total (lbs)
2022 282,827 140,904 5,732 74,266 — 506,887
2021 528,964 333,739 10,017 126,716 — 1,004,810
2020 506,597 180,430 11,227 161,610 — 865,353
2019 455,364 111,724 11,257 — — 582,871
2018 313,320 73,100 5,130 — — 392,035
2017 276,364 86,084 3,700 — — 366,538
2016 302,487 88,181 5,154 — — 396,234
2015 606,400 216,600 11,718 — — 835,550
2014 768,700 241,000 15,649 — — 1,026,423
2013 648,500 232,000 231,000 — — 1,141,790
2012 650,500 254,000 236,100 — — 1,171,390
2011 509,023 334,042 6,762 — — 850,696
2010 475,920 251,000 7,610 — — 735,508
2009 478,396 176,450 3,180 — — 658,438
2008 592,193 244,300 7,743 — — 845,230
2007 588,603 310,000 21,327 — — 922,651
2006 — 246,000 10,927 — — 261,270
2005 — 411,000 2,764 — — 416,454
2004 — 459,889 6,266 — — 471,373
2003 — 380,943 8,420 — — 396,339
2002 — 382,071 5,081 — 6,610 394,385
2001 — 286,000 5,100 — 13,580 305,393
2000 — 354,000 5,300 — 13,850 374,373
1999 — 288,000 — — 18,650 308,752
1998 — 490,000 — — 18,630 510,062

▎ 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.