EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP
Lake Worth, FL · Parent: City of Lake Worth
- Total releases
- 3.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP: how the 3.0K lbs splits
3.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.0K lbs 98.4%
- Land Disposal 48 lbs 1.6%
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP's 3.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.4% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 1.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lake Worth, FL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 599 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 3.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,121 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. Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP is pounds #281 and chemical-count #405 at 3.0K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Safety-Kleen Systems Boynton Beach (boy); Maschmeyer-Pike Rm; Purecoat International LLC; Titan Florida-Mangonia Park Rmc Plant. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Florida: Duke Energy Indiana Inc-Gallagher Generating Station; US Tva Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant; Port Allen Generating Station; Mid-Georgia Cogen. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.4% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Duke Energy Indiana Inc-Gallagher Generating Station and US Tva Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP reports the 400th-largest volume (3.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Florida include Duke Energy Indiana Inc-Gallagher Generating Station and US Tva Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (526 lbs to 599 lbs).
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP year-over-year reported totals (increased by 14% 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 | 526 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 521 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 768 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 597 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 599 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 3.0K lbs | - |
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Duke Energy Indiana Inc-Gallagher Generating Station, US Tva Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Port Allen Generating Station.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP on cumulative reported pounds (3.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Lozier Corp, Promega Chappelle Manufacturing Center, Fci Berlin. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems Boynton Beach (boy). Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lake Worth, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.1% of Palm Beach TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lozier Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tom G Smith Municipal Power Plant & Lake Worth WTP stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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