TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Safety-Kleen Systems INC Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility

Total reported releases 375 lb more than tripled year over year (+338%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

60 KATHERINE ST, Buffalo, New York · 424710 · Petroleum Bulk Terminals · operated by Clean Harbors INC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 375.151k'10'12'14'16'19'21'23'24375
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Ethylene glycol

Ethylene glycol at Safety-Kleen Systems INC Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Safety-Kleen Systems INC Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

305 lb · +369% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2015.

RESPIRATORYCAS 107-21-1

Ethylene glycol

65 lb · +277% YoY

Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

PBTCAS 7439-92-1

Lead

5 lb · +846% YoY

Lead volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

PBTCAS N590

Polycyclic aromatic compounds

1 lb · -80% YoY

Polycyclic aromatic compounds volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

PBTCAS 191-24-2

Benzo[g,h,i]perylene

0 lb · -72% YoY

Benzo[g,h,i]perylene volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (84 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 77,230. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
49.5%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
45.4%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
6.1%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
15.4%

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.