EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Bluegrass Generating Station
La Grange, KY · Parent: East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc
- Total releases
- 14 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bluegrass Generating Station: how the 14 lbs splits
14 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 14 lbs 100.0%
Bluegrass Generating Station's 14 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Naphthalene.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Bluegrass Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in La Grange, KY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 8 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 14 lbs in total across its 2020-2022 reporting years. That ranks 18,284 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bluegrass Generating Station is pounds #395 and chemical-count #408 at 14 lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant; Faurecia Interior Systems; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.; Arvin Sango Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Kentucky: Calhoun Generating Facility; Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rockingham County Ct Facility; Woodsdale & Madison Generating Station; Commonwealth Utilities Corp (cuc). Other East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc sites in this extract: Spurlock Power Station; John S Cooper Power Station; E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Naphthalene.
Bluegrass Generating Station stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14 lbs (2020–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Calhoun Generating Facility and Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rockingham County Ct Facility.
Bluegrass Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bluegrass Generating Station inside Oldham's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Bluegrass Generating Station reports the 455th-largest volume (14 lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Oldham. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Calhoun Generating Facility and Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rockingham County Ct Facility.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Oldham's reported pounds (14 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Bluegrass Generating Station Form-R facts
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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 Bluegrass Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 14 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2022, total releases increased by 33% (6 lbs to 8 lbs).
Bluegrass Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2022
- 2020 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Bluegrass Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 33% from 2020 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: Naphthalene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2022). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Naphthalene | 14 lbs | Carcinogen |
Bluegrass Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bluegrass Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant, Faurecia Interior Systems, Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Calhoun Generating Facility, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rockingham County Ct Facility, Woodsdale & Madison Generating Station.
Other East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Spurlock Power Station, John S Cooper Power Station, E. Kentucky Power Corp. - J.k. Smith Power 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 Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant. Bluegrass Generating Station stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Bluegrass Generating Station TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Naphthalene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bluegrass Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for La Grange, KY, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2020–2022 (2 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 100% of Oldham TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Allied Plant 5 - Manvel (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bluegrass Generating Station stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Naphthalene. 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