Pollution in Franklin County, Kentucky

Franklin County contains 90 EPA-regulated facilities, 11 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 0 Superfund sites and 7 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $195.9k in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 2.6k lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Kentucky state average of 66 per county.

Superfund0NPL sites
TRI Facilities7reporters
EPA Facilities90regulated
Sig. Violators11current SNC

Largest releasers

FacilityCityOn-site (lb)Status
Topy America IncFrankfort2.6kPenalties
Hayashi Telempu North America CorpFrankfort9Compliant
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LlcFrankfort3Sig. violation
Gecom CorpFrankfort1Compliant
Greenheck Fan Corp. KentuckyFrankfort1Compliant

Significant violators

FacilityCityPenaltiesLast Inspected
Buffalo Trace Distillery IncFrankfort$13.0k2024-07-31
Coolbrook WwtpFrankfort$02024-02-21
Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LlcFrankfort$02024-12-19
Huntington Woods EstatesFrankfort$02024-09-04
Franklin County Road DeptFrankfort$02019-09-20
Meadowbrook SubdivisionFrankfort$02022-12-12
Edgewood WwtpFrankfort$02024-10-31
Farmdale WwtpFrankfort$02024-10-31
Farmgate WwtpFrankfort$02021-03-30
Evergreen WwtpFrankfort$02024-09-18
Food BasketFrankfort$0