Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
2 facilities · 1 state · 5.6M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Kansas City Board of Public Utilities is the reported parent of 2 Form R facilities across 1 state, disclosing 5.6M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 14 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Kansas (5.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-45.9%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-45.9%
889.3 thousand lb → 480.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's total reported releases fell from 889.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 480.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's off-site transfers fell from 632.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 337.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's air releases fell from 257.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 143.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's chemicals reported fell from 10 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Kansas City Board of Public Utilities from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Nearman Creek Power Station; Kansas City Bpu Quindaro Power Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ecovyst Inc; Evergy Inc; Oneok Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Aluminum (fume or dust); Manganese And Manganese Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; 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: Nearman Creek Power Station; Kansas City Bpu Quindaro Power Station. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Ecovyst Inc; Evergy Inc; Oneok Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Aluminum (fume or dust); Manganese And Manganese Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Electric Utilities.
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities ranks #245 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (Kansas), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. Releases are facility-concentrated: Nearman Creek Power Station accounts for most of Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Ecovyst Inc; Evergy Inc; Oneok Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Kansas City Board of Public Utilities sits among TRI parents
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities sits on a disclosure ladder beside Ecovyst Inc and Evergy Inc and Oneok Inc and Cargill Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Ecovyst Inc · rank #243 · 19.3M lbs
- Evergy Inc · rank #244 · 15.9M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Oneok Inc · rank #246 · 5.2M lbs
- Cargill Inc · rank #247 · 5.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Aluminum (fume or dust); Manganese And Manganese Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Nearman Creek Power Station. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 3.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.1M lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 550.8K lbs |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 203.6K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 164.2K lbs |
Facilities (2)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Nearman Creek Power Station Kansas City, KS | 5.6M lbs |
| Kansas City Bpu Quindaro Power Station Kansas City, KS | 421 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Kansas City Board of Public Utilities on total disclosed release pounds (5.6M lbs) and reporting facility count (2). Release-volume peers include US Department of Energy, Green Bay Packaging Inc, Energizer 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 Kansas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Kansas City Board of Public Utilities's TRI parent record
From Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, open Nearman Creek Power Station or compare against Ecovyst Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (Nearman Creek Power Station in KS). Largest facility
- Compare against Evergy Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Kansas City Board of Public Utilities sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Ecovyst Inc, Evergy Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities'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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