EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Gorgas Steam Plant
Parrish, AL · Parent: Southern Co
- Total releases
- 435.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Gorgas Steam Plant: how the 435.4K lbs splits
435.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 407.7K lbs 93.6%
- Water Discharges 13.5K lbs 3.1%
- Off-site Transfers 7.6K lbs 1.7%
- Air Releases 6.6K lbs 1.5%
Gorgas Steam Plant's 435.4K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 93.6% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 3.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Gorgas Steam Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Parrish, AL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 435.4K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 2,113 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dyno Nobel Inc; Sherman Industries - Miller Plant; Nelson Brothers LLC Parrish; Nelson Brothers LLC - Samoset Facility. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Alabama: Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station; Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant; U.S. Tva Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant; Pge Beaver Plant & Port Westward Plant. Other Southern Co sites in this extract: Miller Steam Plant; Barry Steam Plant; Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant; McDonough/atkinson Steam Electric Generating Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Lead compounds.
Gorgas Steam Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (93.6% land disposal) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 435.4K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station and Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant.
Gorgas Steam Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
435K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gorgas Steam Plant inside Walker's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Gorgas Steam Plant reports the 250th-largest volume (435.4K lbs). This one site accounts for 93.1% of every pound reported in Walker. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 87.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station and Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Walker's reported pounds (467.6K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Gorgas Steam Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gorgas Steam Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 435.4K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 378.7K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 36.0K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 9.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 6.3K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 2.8K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 850 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 184 lbs | - |
Gorgas Steam Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Gorgas Steam Plant
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Dyno Nobel Inc, Sherman Industries - Miller Plant, Nelson Brothers LLC Parrish, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, U.S. Tva Magnolia Combined Cycle Plant.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gorgas Steam Plant on cumulative reported pounds (435.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station, Henkel US Operations Corp, Holcim Solutions & Products. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station Kihei, HI · Electric Utilities 435.5K lbs reported
- Henkel US Operations Corp Warren, MI · Chemicals 435.1K lbs reported
- Holcim Solutions & Products Prescott, AR · Plastics and Rubber 435.1K lbs reported
- US Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (ranges) Parris Island, SC · Other 435.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Southern Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Miller Steam Plant, Barry Steam Plant, Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Manganese compounds, Ammonia, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Dyno Nobel Inc. Gorgas Steam Plant stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Gorgas Steam Plant TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gorgas Steam Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Parrish, AL, latest year 2019. NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 93.1% of Walker TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Maui Electric Co Ltd Maalaea Generating Station (Δ 18 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gorgas Steam Plant stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)). PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov