EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Waukegan Generating Station
Waukegan, IL · Parent: Nrg Energy Inc
- Total releases
- 555.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Waukegan Generating Station: how the 555.6K lbs splits
555.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 546.5K lbs 98.4%
- Air Releases 4.9K lbs 0.9%
- Water Discharges 4.2K lbs 0.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Waukegan Generating Station's 555.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Waukegan Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Waukegan, IL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.1K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2022, and 555.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 1,823 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. Waukegan Generating Station is pounds #72 and chemical-count #120 at 555.6K 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: Gold Bond Building Products - Waukegan; Akzonobel Aerospace Coatings; Pfanstiehl Inc; Coleman Cable LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Illinois: Midland Cogeneration Venture; Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex; Morgantown Energy Associates; Moxie Freedom. Other Nrg Energy Inc sites in this extract: W.a. Parish Electric Generating Station; Limestone Electric Generating Station; Homer City Generation LP; Powerton Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds; Copper compounds; Hydrogen fluoride.
Waukegan Generating Station stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.4% off-site transfers) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 555.6K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Midland Cogeneration Venture and Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex.
Waukegan Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
556K 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
Waukegan Generating Station inside Lake's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Waukegan Generating Station reports the 231st-largest volume (555.6K lbs). This one site accounts for 35.8% of every pound reported in Lake. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 96.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Midland Cogeneration Venture and Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Lake's reported pounds (1.6M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Waukegan Generating Station Form-R facts
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See how Waukegan Generating Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
2375.6× more than the comparison
8.0× 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 Waukegan Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 555.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 73% (4.0K lbs to 1.1K lbs).
Waukegan Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Waukegan Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 73% 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 | 4.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 333.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 217.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 1.1K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 536.5K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 8.5K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 4.5K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 14 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 12 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Waukegan Generating Station · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Waukegan Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Gold Bond Building Products - Waukegan, Akzonobel Aerospace Coatings, Pfanstiehl Inc, 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. Midland Cogeneration Venture, Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex, Morgantown Energy Associates.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Waukegan Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (555.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include O W Hubbell & Sons Inc, Key West Boats Inc. Plant 1 (ridgeville), Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Lp-Orange. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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.
- O W Hubbell & Sons Inc New York Mills, NY · Fabricated Metals 555.7K lbs reported
- Key West Boats Inc. Plant 1 (ridgeville) Ridgeville, SC · Transportation Equipment 555.8K lbs reported
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Co Lp-Orange Orange, TX · Chemicals 555.2K lbs reported
- McClarin Plastics LLC Wapato, WA · Plastics and Rubber 554.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Nrg Energy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including W.a. Parish Electric Generating Station, Limestone Electric Generating Station, Homer City Generation LP.
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)), Vanadium compounds, Copper compounds, Hydrogen fluoride; nearby reporters include Gold Bond Building Products - Waukegan. Waukegan Generating Station stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Waukegan Generating Station TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · 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.
Waukegan Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Waukegan, IL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 35.8% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: O W Hubbell & Sons Inc (Δ 89 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Waukegan Generating Station stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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