Buckeye Power Inc
1 facility · 1 state · 10.9M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Buckeye Power Inc is the reported parent of 1 Form R facility across 1 state, disclosing 10.9M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 20 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Ohio (10.9M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Buckeye Power Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Buckeye Power Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-28.8%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-28.8%
2.0 million lb → 1.4 million lb, every facility that filed
- Buckeye Power Inc's total reported releases fell from 2.0 million lb in 2022 to 1.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buckeye Power Inc's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 36 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buckeye Power Inc's land releases fell from 1.5 million lb in 2022 to 965.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Buckeye Power Inc's air releases fell from 479.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 388.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Buckeye Power Inc from filing to facility
Buckeye Power Inc maps to a single Form R site (Cardinal Plant) in Ohio. Open that filing for the chemical mix; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Cardinal Plant. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc; Ohio Valley Electric Corp; Vistra Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Vanadium compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Buckeye Power Inc ranks #151 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Buckeye Power Inc's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Ohio), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. This parent maps to a single reporting facility (Cardinal Plant), so the company total and that site's Form R are the same disclosure.
Parent aggregation for Buckeye Power Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc; Ohio Valley Electric Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Buckeye Power Inc sits among TRI parents
Buckeye Power Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Ineos US I Inc and Ohio Valley Electric Corp and Vistra Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #149 · 64.3M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #150 · 42.4M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Ohio Valley Electric Corp · rank #152 · 8.0M lbs
- Vistra Corp · rank #153 · 6.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Buckeye Power Inc
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Zinc compounds; Vanadium compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Cardinal Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 2.3M lbs |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 2.0M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.5M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 1.1M lbs |
| Vanadium compounds | 899.4K lbs |
Facilities (1)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Cardinal Plant Brilliant, OH | 10.9M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Buckeye Power Inc on total disclosed release pounds (10.9M lbs) and reporting facility count (1). Release-volume peers include Sasol (usa) Corp, Evergreen Packaging Group, Crown Holdings Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Ohio; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Buckeye Power Inc's TRI parent record
From Buckeye Power Inc, open Cardinal Plant or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Buckeye Power Inc (Cardinal Plant in OH). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Buckeye Power Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Buckeye Power Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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