Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Safety-Kleen Systems INC. have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Safety-Kleen Systems INC.
Total reported releases 3k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+22%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
601 RILEY RD, East Chicago, Indiana · 324191 · Petroleum · operated by Clean Harbors INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Polycyclic aromatic compounds
Polycyclic aromatic compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene concentrations have more than doubled since 2021.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (39 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 40,164. Why we surface this →
47.5%
Low-income
77.1%
People of color
6.3%
Under age 5
16.0%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.