EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities

White Bluff Generating Plant

Redfield, AR · Parent: Entergy Corp

Total releases
2.2M lbs
Chemicals reported
21
Carcinogens
4
Primary pathway
Land Disposal

LAND Form-R mix

White Bluff Generating Plant: how the 2.2M lbs splits

2.2M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Land Disposal 1.6M lbs 72.6%
  • Air Releases 604.4K lbs 27.3%
  • Water Discharges 2.3K lbs 0.1%

White Bluff Generating Plant's 2.2M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 72.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 27.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).

Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds

Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.

HEAVY volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC

White Bluff Generating Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Redfield, AR, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 337.1K lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 2.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 800 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: National Ctr for Toxicological Research; U.S. Army Pine Bluff Arsenal; Tyson Poultry Inc Pine Bluff Jefferson Parkway Plant; Hoover Treated Wood Products Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Arkansas: Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant; Golden Valley Electric Assoc Healy Power Plant; Aes Warrior Run Inc; Twin Oaks. Other Entergy Corp sites in this extract: Independence Steam Electric Station; Ninemile Point Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Hydrogen fluoride; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).

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White Bluff Generating Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (72.6% land disposal) across 21 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant and Golden Valley Electric Assoc Healy Power Plant.

#800 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 3.1% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

White Bluff Generating Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

2.2M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

White Bluff Generating Plant in the Electric Utilities sector extract

Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, White Bluff Generating Plant reports the 139th-largest volume (2.2M lbs). Scale peers outside Arkansas include Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant and Golden Valley Electric Assoc Healy Power Plant.

Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • White Bluff Generating Plant's total reported releases fell from 543.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 337.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • White Bluff Generating Plant's water releases rose from 403 lb in 2022 to 732 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • White Bluff Generating Plant's land releases fell from 447.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 250.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • White Bluff Generating Plant's air releases fell from 95.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 86.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

White Bluff Generating Plant Form-R facts

Sector
Electric Utilities
HEAVY volume
2.2M lbs
LAND pathway
Land Disposal
TRACE-CARC chem count
21 · 4 carc.
Lead chemical
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

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See how White Bluff Generating Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
White Bluff Generating Plant
2.2M lbs
National Ctr for Toxicological Research
255.8K lbs

8.7× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
White Bluff Generating Plant
21
National Ctr for Toxicological Research
2

10.5× more than the comparison

Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.

How does this facility release toxic chemicals?

How White Bluff Generating Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.2M lbs.

Land Disposal 1.6M lbs (72.6%)
Air Releases 604.4K lbs (27.3%)
Water Discharges 2.3K lbs (0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 7% (362.7K lbs to 337.1K lbs).

White Bluff Generating Plant: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows White Bluff Generating Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 7% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 362.7K lbs 13
2020 227.9K lbs 11
2021 744.4K lbs 13
2022 543.0K lbs 13
2023 337.1K lbs 14

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 796.1K lbs -
Barium And Barium Compounds 613.1K lbs -
Hydrogen fluoride 295.0K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 180.0K lbs -
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 108.0K lbs -
Vanadium compounds 54.1K lbs -
Zinc compounds 39.0K lbs -
Manganese compounds 27.3K lbs -
Copper compounds 23.3K lbs -
Manganese And Manganese Compounds 20.7K lbs -
Copper And Copper Compounds 14.4K lbs -
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 9.0K lbs -
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 8.9K lbs Carcinogen
Nickel compounds 8.8K lbs Carcinogen
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 7.8K lbs -
Lead compounds 5.4K lbs -
Lead And Lead Compounds 3.9K lbs -
Mercury compounds 277 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 124 lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 2 lbs Carcinogen
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen

White Bluff Generating Plant · LAND-pathway site

Redfield, AR
34.4210, -92.1418
County TRI context
Jefferson · 9.3% of county pounds
Parent company
Entergy Corp

Compare beyond Arkansas

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest White Bluff Generating Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Westlake Polymers LLC, Ultra Yield Micronutrients, Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek. Chemical-count peers include Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

Other Entergy Corp Facilities

Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Independence Steam Electric Station, Ninemile Point 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)), Barium And Barium Compounds, Hydrogen fluoride, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include National Ctr for Toxicological Research. White Bluff Generating Plant stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.

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This White Bluff Generating Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · TRACE-CARC · 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.

White Bluff Generating Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Redfield, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 9.3% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Westlake Polymers LLC (Δ 104 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

White Bluff Generating Plant stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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