EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities

Presque Isle Power Plant

Marquette, MI · Parent: Wec Energy Group

Total releases
13.6K lbs
Chemicals reported
7
Carcinogens
2
Primary pathway
Land Disposal

LAND Form-R mix

Presque Isle Power Plant: how the 13.6K lbs splits

13.6K lbs across all reported pathways

  • Land Disposal 11.0K lbs 80.5%
  • Air Releases 2.6K lbs 19.4%
  • Water Discharges 13 lbs 0.1%

Presque Isle Power Plant's 13.6K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 80.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).

LIGHT volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC

Presque Isle Power Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Marquette, MI, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 13.6K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 9,123 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Presque Isle Power Plant is pounds #345 and chemical-count #131 at 13.6K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dyno Nobel Inc; Potlatchdeltic Land & Lumber Llc.; Eagle Mine Llc-Humboldt Mill; Eagle Mine. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Michigan: Garrison Energy Center; Kearny Generating Station; Commonwealth Utilities Corp (cuc); Pinelawn Power. Other Wec Energy Group sites in this extract: Weston Power Plant; Oak Creek Site; Whitewater Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Lead compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.

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Presque Isle Power Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (80.5% land disposal) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.6K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Garrison Energy Center and Kearny Generating Station.

#9,123 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Presque Isle Power Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility

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

14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% 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

Presque Isle Power Plant: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))-led volume

Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Presque Isle Power Plant reports the 379th-largest volume (13.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 85.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Garrison Energy Center and Kearny Generating Station.

Concentrated means ≥60% of Presque Isle Power Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) at 85.6%. Not a toxicity score.

Presque Isle Power Plant Form-R facts

Sector
Electric Utilities
LIGHT volume
13.6K lbs
LAND pathway
Land Disposal
TRACE-CARC chem count
7 · 2 carc.
Lead chemical
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

Compare this facility

See how Presque Isle Power Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Presque Isle Power Plant
13.6K lbs
Dyno Nobel Inc
2.5K lbs

5.4× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Presque Isle Power Plant
7
Dyno Nobel Inc
2

3.5× 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 Presque Isle Power Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.6K lbs.

Land Disposal 11.0K lbs (80.5%)
Air Releases 2.6K lbs (19.4%)
Water Discharges 13 lbs (0.1%)

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 11.6K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 1.9K lbs -
Lead compounds 32 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 29 lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 0 lbs -

Presque Isle Power Plant · LAND-pathway site

Marquette, MI
46.5809, -87.3897
County TRI context
Marquette · 0.0% of county pounds
Parent company
Wec Energy Group

Compare beyond Michigan

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Presque Isle Power Plant on cumulative reported pounds (13.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Van Norman Molding Co, Confluent Medical Technologies, Tex Ok Kan Oil Field Services LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

Other Wec Energy Group Facilities

Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Weston Power Plant, Oak Creek Site, Whitewater 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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Dyno Nobel Inc. Presque Isle Power Plant stamps LIGHT 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.

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This Presque Isle Power Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · 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.

Presque Isle Power Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Marquette, MI, latest year 2019. NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.0% of Marquette TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Van Norman Molding Co (Δ 4 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Presque Isle Power Plant stamps LIGHT 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