EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Holcomb Unit 1
Holcomb, KS
- Total releases
- 2.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Holcomb Unit 1: how the 2.5M lbs splits
2.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 2.5M lbs 99.5%
- Air Releases 12.3K lbs 0.5%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%
Holcomb Unit 1's 2.5M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
HEAVY volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Holcomb Unit 1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Holcomb, KS, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 536.2K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 2.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 731 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Holcomb Unit 1 is pounds #14 and chemical-count #27 at 2.5M lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.; Palmer Manufacturing & Tank; Reeve Agri Energy; Tex Ok Kan Oil Field Services LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Kansas: Lansing Board of Water & Light-Erickson; Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station; Rawhide Energy Station; Rausch Creek Generation LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds; Manganese compounds; Lead compounds.
Holcomb Unit 1 stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.5% land disposal) across 10 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 Lansing Board of Water & Light-Erickson and Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station.
Holcomb Unit 1 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
Holcomb Unit 1 inside Finney's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Holcomb Unit 1 reports the 129th-largest volume (2.5M lbs). This one site accounts for 79.2% of every pound reported in Finney. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 93.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Lansing Board of Water & Light-Erickson and Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Finney's reported pounds (3.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Holcomb Unit 1's chemicals reported rose from 8 in 2022 to 9 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Holcomb Unit 1's air releases rose from 2.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Holcomb Unit 1 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Holcomb Unit 1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 13% (476.4K lbs to 536.2K lbs).
Holcomb Unit 1: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Holcomb Unit 1 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 13% 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 compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 476.4K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 442.3K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 535.4K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 537.3K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 536.2K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 2.4M lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 95.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 41.1K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 12.8K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 6.9K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 2.8K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 2.4K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 503 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 495 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Holcomb Unit 1 · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Holcomb Unit 1
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., Palmer Manufacturing & Tank, Reeve Agri Energy, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Lansing Board of Water & Light-Erickson, Midamerican Energy-Louisa Generating Station, Rawhide Energy Station.
Compare beyond Kansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Holcomb Unit 1 on cumulative reported pounds (2.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Chemours Louisville Plant, Mosaic Fertilizer Llc-Bartow, Cargill Inc. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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)), Vanadium compounds, Manganese compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.. Holcomb Unit 1 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 Holcomb Unit 1 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.
Holcomb Unit 1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Holcomb, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 79.2% of Finney TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp (Δ 951 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Holcomb Unit 1 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