EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Edwards Power Station
Bartonville, IL · Parent: Vistra Corp.
- Total releases
- 4.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Edwards Power Station: how the 4.0M lbs splits
4.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 3.1M lbs 76.8%
- Air Releases 583.8K lbs 14.7%
- Off-site Transfers 313.5K lbs 7.9%
- Water Discharges 25.9K lbs 0.7%
Edwards Power Station's 4.0M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 76.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 14.7%. 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
Edwards Power Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bartonville, IL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 476.6K lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2022, and 4.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 511 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Edwards Power Station is pounds #19 and chemical-count #16 at 4.0M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC; Messer LLC; Ox Paperboard Illinois LLC; Winpak Heat Seal Corp. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Illinois: Pacificorp Wyodak Plant; American Electric Power Kammer/mitchell Plant; American Electric Power John W. Turk Jr Plant; Ameren Missouri Sioux Energy Center. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds.
Edwards Power Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (76.8% land disposal) across 21 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.0M lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pacificorp Wyodak Plant and American Electric Power Kammer/mitchell Plant.
Edwards Power Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.0M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Edwards Power Station: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Edwards Power Station reports the 95th-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 67.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Pacificorp Wyodak Plant and American Electric Power Kammer/mitchell Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Edwards Power Station's pounds in one chemical - here Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) at 67.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Edwards Power Station Form-R facts
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See how Edwards Power Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
3.3× more than the comparison
40% 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 Edwards Power Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 66% (1.4M lbs to 476.6K lbs).
Edwards Power Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 0
What this shows Edwards Power Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 66% from 2019 to 2022). 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)).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.4M lbs | 16 |
| 2020 | 1.2M lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 840.3K lbs | 14 |
| 2022 | 476.6K lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 3 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 2.7M lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 330.8K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 306.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 129.3K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 117.7K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 109.6K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 105.2K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 85.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 49.1K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 25.8K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 14.1K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 13.1K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 465 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 58 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 20 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Edwards Power Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Edwards Power Station
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC, Messer LLC, Ox Paperboard Illinois LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Pacificorp Wyodak Plant, American Electric Power Kammer/mitchell Plant, American Electric Power John W. Turk Jr Plant.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Edwards Power Station on cumulative reported pounds (4.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Pacificorp Wyodak Plant, International Paper- New Bern Mill, Optimus Steel LLC. 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.
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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC. Edwards Power Station 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.
Use and verify this record
This Edwards Power Station 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.
Edwards Power Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bartonville, IL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 14.8% of Peoria TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pacificorp Wyodak Plant (Δ 1.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Edwards Power Station 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