EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station
Mount Vernon, IN · Parent: Centerpoint Energy Inc
- Total releases
- 2.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 23
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station: how the 2.0M lbs splits
2.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 1.6M lbs 81.1%
- Air Releases 361.7K lbs 18.0%
- Off-site Transfers 10.4K lbs 0.5%
- Water Discharges 8.0K lbs 0.4%
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station's 2.0M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 81.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 18.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Vanadium compounds.
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 CARC-LEAN
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mount Vernon, IN, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 280.3K lbs of releases across 16 chemicals in 2023, and 2.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 857 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. Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station is pounds #37 and chemical-count #22 at 2.0M 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: Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC; Mplx Terminals LLC - Evansville In; Mead Johnson Nutrition; George Koch Sons LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Indiana: Oak Creek Site; Dairyland Power Cooperative - Alma Site; Calaveras Power Station; Winyah Generating Station. Other Centerpoint Energy Inc sites in this extract: Sigeco F B Culley Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Vanadium compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (81.1% land disposal) across 23 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Oak Creek Site and Dairyland Power Cooperative - Alma Site.
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.0M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station reports the 147th-largest volume (2.0M lbs). Scale peers outside Indiana include Oak Creek Site and Dairyland Power Cooperative - Alma Site.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station's total reported releases fell from 545.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 280.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station's land releases fell from 454.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 227.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station's off-site transfers fell from 3.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station's air releases fell from 85.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 48.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station Form-R facts
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See how Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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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 Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 10% (310.6K lbs to 280.3K lbs).
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 0
What this shows Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 10% 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: Vanadium compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 310.6K lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 288.4K lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 582.4K lbs | 16 |
| 2022 | 545.4K lbs | 16 |
| 2023 | 280.3K lbs | 16 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 23 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC, Mplx Terminals LLC - Evansville In, Mead Johnson Nutrition, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Oak Creek Site, Dairyland Power Cooperative - Alma Site, Calaveras Power Station.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (2.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (23). Release-pound peers include US Army Garrison-Redstone, Oak Creek Site, Alton Steel Inc. Chemical-count peers include Woodland Pulp LLC, Brenntag Northeast LLC, Aes Warrior Run Inc. 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).
Other Centerpoint Energy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sigeco F B Culley Generating Station.
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 Vanadium compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Zinc compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); nearby reporters include Green Plains Mount Vernon LLC. Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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.
Use and verify this record
This Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Vanadium compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mount Vernon, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 6.1% of Posey TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aluminum Recovery Technology Inc (Δ 1.5K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Vanadium compounds. 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