EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station
Muscatine, IA · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 2.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station: how the 2.5M lbs splits
2.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 2.4M lbs 99.2%
- Air Releases 17.0K lbs 0.7%
- Water Discharges 1.6K lbs 0.1%
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station's 2.5M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Muscatine, IA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 327.0K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 2.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 747 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station is pounds #20 and chemical-count #76 at 2.5M lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bayer Cropscience LP; Potters Industries LLC; Tcc - Muscatine; Muscatine Power & Water Generation. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Iowa: Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant; Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station; Holcomb Unit 1; Big Cajun 2. Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc sites in this extract: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Vanadium compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds.
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.2% land disposal) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant and Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station.
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.5M 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
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station inside Louisa's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station reports the 130th-largest volume (2.5M lbs). This one site accounts for 25.0% of every pound reported in Louisa. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium And Barium Compounds alone is 88.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant and Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Louisa's reported pounds (9.8M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station's total reported releases fell from 353.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 327.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station's air releases rose from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station's land releases fell from 350.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 323.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
8.4× more than the comparison
68% less 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 Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 69% (1.1M lbs to 327.0K lbs).
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 69% 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: Barium And Barium Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.1M lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 372.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 349.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 353.7K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 327.0K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 2.2M lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 79.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 79.0K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 54.6K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 46.8K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 15.0K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 597 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Bayer Cropscience LP, Potters Industries LLC, Tcc - Muscatine, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant, Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station, Holcomb Unit 1.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (2.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC, Tyson Farms Inc., Darling Ingredients Inc. - Grapeland. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cerro Wire LLC, Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, Pacificorp Dave Johnston 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 Barium And Barium Compounds, Vanadium compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds; nearby reporters include Bayer Cropscience LP. Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating 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 Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium And Barium Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Muscatine, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 25.0% of Louisa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC (Δ 1.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium And Barium 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