EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant
Rome, GA · Parent: Southern Co
- Total releases
- 24.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant: how the 24.2K lbs splits
24.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 19.6K lbs 80.8%
- Off-site Transfers 4.6K lbs 19.1%
- Water Discharges 4 lbs <0.1%
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant's 24.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 80.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 19.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rome, GA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 24.2K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 7,816 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant is pounds #243 and chemical-count #174 at 24.2K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill; Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Rome Lumber Operations; General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40; Profile Custom Extrusions LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Georgia: Hamakua Energy Plant; Sibley Generating Station; Pittsfield Generating Co LP; Will County Generating Station. 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Lead compounds; Ammonia.
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (80.8% air releases) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.2K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hamakua Energy Plant and Sibley Generating Station.
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant reports the 363rd-largest volume (24.2K lbs). Scale peers outside Georgia include Hamakua Energy Plant and Sibley Generating Station.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.2K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 12.0K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 7.5K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 4.6K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 81 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 75 lbs | - |
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill, Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Rome Lumber Operations, General Shale Brick Inc Plant #40, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Hamakua Energy Plant, Sibley Generating Station, Pittsfield Generating Co LP.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant on cumulative reported pounds (24.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Vigor Alaska, Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2, Sherwin-Williams Co. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- Vigor Alaska Ketchikan, AK · Transportation Equipment 24.2K lbs reported
- Bluewater Thermal Solutions - Plant 2 Northlake, IL · Fabricated Metals 24.2K lbs reported
- Sherwin-Williams Co Ennis, TX · Chemicals 24.2K lbs reported
- Tempur Production USA LLC DBA Mountain Top Foam Mountain Top, PA · Plastics and Rubber 24.2K 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 Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead compounds, Ammonia; nearby reporters include International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill. Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rome, GA, latest year 2019. NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.2% of Floyd TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vigor Alaska (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hammond Steam Electric Generating Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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