EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities

Ipl Petersburg

Petersburg, IN · Parent: Aes Corp

Total releases
966.8K lbs
Chemicals reported
29
Carcinogens
9
Primary pathway
Air Releases

AIR Form-R mix

Ipl Petersburg: how the 966.8K lbs splits

966.8K lbs across all reported pathways

  • Air Releases 845.8K lbs 87.5%
  • Off-site Transfers 101.0K lbs 10.4%
  • Water Discharges 20.0K lbs 2.1%
  • Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%

Ipl Petersburg's 966.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 87.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 10.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).

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 CARC-LEAN

Ipl Petersburg is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Petersburg, IN, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 169.5K lbs of releases across 17 chemicals in 2023, and 966.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,335 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ipl Petersburg is pounds #58 and chemical-count #13 at 966.8K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Solar Sources Mining LLC Antioch Preparation Facility; Grain Processing Corp; Perdue Foods LLC - Washington Processing Plant; Stella-Jones Corp. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Indiana: Gulf Clean Energy Center; U.S. Tva Bull Run Fossil Plant; Omaha Public Power District North Omaha Station; Electric Energy Inc. Other Aes Corp sites in this extract: Aes Puerto Rico LP; Aes Warrior Run Inc; Aes Hawaii LLC. 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); Hydrogen fluoride; Barium And Barium Compounds.

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Ipl Petersburg stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (87.5% air releases) across 29 chemicals · 9 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 966.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gulf Clean Energy Center and U.S. Tva Bull Run Fossil Plant.

#1,335 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 5.1% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Ipl Petersburg vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

967K lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Ipl Petersburg inside Pike's TRI pounds

Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Ipl Petersburg reports the 187th-largest volume (966.8K lbs). This one site accounts for 96.2% of every pound reported in Pike. Scale peers outside Indiana include Gulf Clean Energy Center and U.S. Tva Bull Run Fossil Plant.

County-dominant here means ≥25% of Pike's reported pounds (1.0M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Ipl Petersburg's total reported releases fell from 243.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 169.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Ipl Petersburg's air releases fell from 213.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 133.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Ipl Petersburg's off-site transfers rose from 27.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 33.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Ipl Petersburg's water releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Ipl Petersburg Form-R facts

Sector
Electric Utilities
MID volume
966.8K lbs
AIR pathway
Air Releases
CARC-LEAN chem count
29 · 9 carc.
Lead chemical
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

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Total reported releases
Ipl Petersburg
966.8K lbs
Solar Sources Mining LLC Antioch Preparation Facility
972.9K lbs

About the same as the comparison

Chemicals reported
Ipl Petersburg
29
Solar Sources Mining LLC Antioch Preparation Facility
1

29.0× 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 Ipl Petersburg releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 966.8K lbs.

Air Releases 845.8K lbs (87.5%)
Off-site Transfers 101.0K lbs (10.4%)
Water Discharges 20.0K lbs (2.1%)
Land Disposal 0 lbs (<0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 21% (139.8K lbs to 169.5K lbs).

Ipl Petersburg: annual Form-R pounds

MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Ipl Petersburg year-over-year reported totals (increased by 21% 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: Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 139.8K lbs 19
2020 169.4K lbs 17
2021 244.7K lbs 18
2022 243.5K lbs 18
2023 169.5K lbs 17

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 9 of 29 chemicals are carcinogens. 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) 483.2K lbs -
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 250.1K lbs -
Hydrogen fluoride 80.3K lbs -
Barium And Barium Compounds 34.8K lbs -
Manganese And Manganese Compounds 16.1K lbs -
Zinc compounds 16.1K lbs -
Vanadium compounds 14.2K lbs -
Selenium And Selenium Compounds 9.5K lbs -
Ammonia 9.4K lbs -
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 8.8K lbs -
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 8.4K lbs Carcinogen
Copper And Copper Compounds 6.9K lbs -
Manganese compounds 4.9K lbs -
Selenium compounds 4.6K lbs -
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 4.6K lbs -
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 3.9K lbs -
Nickel compounds 2.1K lbs Carcinogen
Cobalt compounds 1.9K lbs Carcinogen
Copper compounds 1.7K lbs -
Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds 1.7K lbs Carcinogen
Lead And Lead Compounds 1.5K lbs -
Arsenic compounds 892 lbs Carcinogen
Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds 730 lbs Carcinogen
Lead compounds 452 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 138 lbs -
Mercury compounds 51 lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 4 lbs Carcinogen
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Naphthalene 0 lbs Carcinogen

Ipl Petersburg · AIR-pathway site

Petersburg, IN
38.5223, -87.2373
County TRI context
Pike · 96.2% of county pounds
Parent company
Aes Corp

Compare beyond Indiana

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ipl Petersburg on cumulative reported pounds (966.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (29). Release-pound peers include Gulf Clean Energy Center, Asahi Refining USA Inc, U.S. Tva Bull Run Fossil Plant. Chemical-count peers include Harrison Power Station, Pcs Phosphate Co Inc, Blue Ridge Paper Products LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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), Hydrogen fluoride, Barium And Barium Compounds; nearby reporters include Solar Sources Mining LLC Antioch Preparation Facility. Ipl Petersburg stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Ipl Petersburg TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · 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.

Ipl Petersburg totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Petersburg, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 96.2% of Pike TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gulf Clean Energy Center (Δ 189 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Ipl Petersburg stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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