EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Polk Power Station
Mulberry, FL · Parent: Teco Energy Inc
- Total releases
- 539.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Polk Power Station: how the 539.9K lbs splits
539.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 532.5K lbs 98.6%
- Land Disposal 5.8K lbs 1.1%
- Water Discharges 1.6K lbs 0.3%
Polk Power Station's 539.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.6% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 1.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
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.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Polk Power Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mulberry, FL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 126.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 539.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,856 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Florida's 659 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Polk Power Station is pounds #43 and chemical-count #215 at 539.9K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds (116.3M lbs) at 27 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (2.4M lbs, pounds #15). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-South Pierce Plant; Seci Midulla Generating Station; Oldcastle Lawn & Garden Apg; Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-New Wales Plant. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Florida: Dominion Energy South Carolina - Jasper Generating Station; Moxie Freedom; Morgantown Energy Associates; Baldwin Energy Complex. Other Teco Energy Inc sites in this extract: Tampa Electric Co Big Bend Power Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Naphthalene.
Polk Power Station stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.6% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 539.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dominion Energy South Carolina - Jasper Generating Station and Moxie Freedom.
Polk Power Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
540K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Polk Power Station: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Polk Power Station reports the 237th-largest volume (539.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Florida include Dominion Energy South Carolina - Jasper Generating Station and Moxie Freedom.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Polk Power Station's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Polk Power Station's total reported releases fell from 138.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 126.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polk Power Station's water releases rose from 49 lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polk Power Station's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Polk Power Station's land releases fell from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 364 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Polk Power Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Polk Power Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 539.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 45% (87.1K lbs to 126.0K lbs).
Polk Power Station: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Polk Power Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 45% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 87.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 92.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 95.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 138.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 126.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 539.8K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 55 lbs | Carcinogen |
Polk Power Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Polk Power Station
Closest other reporters in Florida - including Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-South Pierce Plant, Seci Midulla Generating Station, Oldcastle Lawn & Garden Apg, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 658 other reporting facilities in Florida.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Dominion Energy South Carolina - Jasper Generating Station, Moxie Freedom, Morgantown Energy Associates.
Compare beyond Florida
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Polk Power Station on cumulative reported pounds (539.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Jupiter Sulphur LLC, Long Prairie Packing Co, Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Jupiter Sulphur LLC Billings, MT · Chemicals 539.8K lbs reported
- Long Prairie Packing Co Long Prairie, MN · Food 539.2K lbs reported
- Ardagh Metal Beverage USA Inc Re: Whitehouse Plant Whitehouse, OH · Fabricated Metals 540.6K lbs reported
- Polynt Composites USA Inc. - Houston Houston, TX · Chemicals 538.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Teco Energy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tampa Electric Co Big Bend Power Station.
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 Ammonia, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-South Pierce Plant. Polk Power Station stamps MID volume · AIR 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.
Use and verify this record
This Polk Power Station TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Polk Power Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mulberry, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 4.0% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jupiter Sulphur LLC (Δ 96 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Polk Power Station stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia. 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