EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities

T.e.s. Filer City Station

Filer City, MI · Parent: Tes Filer City Station LP

Total releases
836.4K lbs
Chemicals reported
9
Latest report
2023
Primary pathway
Off-site Transfers

OFFSITE Form-R mix

T.e.s. Filer City Station: how the 836.4K lbs splits

836.4K lbs across all reported pathways

  • Off-site Transfers 816.8K lbs 97.7%
  • Air Releases 19.6K lbs 2.3%

T.e.s. Filer City Station's 836.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.

MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN

T.e.s. Filer City Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Filer City, MI, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 184.7K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 836.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,448 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. T.e.s. Filer City Station is pounds #47 and chemical-count #89 at 836.4K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Morton Salt Inc; Packaging Corp of America; Great Lakes Castings LLC; House of Flavors. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Michigan: Owensboro Municipal Utilities Elmer Smith Station; Clover Power Station; Okeechobee Clean Energy Center; Colorado Springs Utilities Ray Nixon Power Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.

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T.e.s. Filer City Station stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.7% off-site transfers) across 9 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 836.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Owensboro Municipal Utilities Elmer Smith Station and Clover Power Station.

#1,448 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 5.6% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

T.e.s. Filer City Station vs. every reporting TRI facility

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

836K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% 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

T.e.s. Filer City Station: Zinc compounds-led volume

Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, T.e.s. Filer City Station reports the 199th-largest volume (836.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 73.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Owensboro Municipal Utilities Elmer Smith Station and Clover Power Station.

Concentrated means ≥60% of T.e.s. Filer City Station's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 73.9%. Not a toxicity score.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • T.e.s. Filer City Station's total reported releases fell from 243.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 184.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • T.e.s. Filer City Station's air releases fell from 4.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • T.e.s. Filer City Station's off-site transfers fell from 239.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 181.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • T.e.s. Filer City Station's chemicals reported fell from 5 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

T.e.s. Filer City Station Form-R facts

Sector
Electric Utilities
MID volume
836.4K lbs
OFFSITE pathway
Off-site Transfers
CLEAN chem count
9
Lead chemical
Zinc compounds

Compare this facility

See how T.e.s. Filer City Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
T.e.s. Filer City Station
836.4K lbs
Morton Salt Inc
2.1K lbs

403.1× more than the comparison

Chemicals reported
T.e.s. Filer City Station
9
Morton Salt Inc
3

3.0× 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 T.e.s. Filer City Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 836.4K lbs.

Off-site Transfers 816.8K lbs (97.7%)
Air Releases 19.6K lbs (2.3%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 21% (153.1K lbs to 184.7K lbs).

T.e.s. Filer City Station: annual Form-R pounds

MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows T.e.s. Filer City Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 21% 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: Zinc compounds.

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 153.1K lbs 6
2020 94.3K lbs 6
2021 160.8K lbs 5
2022 243.5K lbs 5
2023 184.7K lbs 4

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Zinc compounds 618.2K lbs -
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 95.8K lbs -
Lead compounds 40.3K lbs -
Lead And Lead Compounds 36.1K lbs -
Barium And Barium Compounds 33.2K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 11.5K lbs -
Hydrogen fluoride 1.1K lbs -
Mercury compounds 124 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 70 lbs -

T.e.s. Filer City Station · OFFSITE-pathway site

Filer City, MI
44.2168, -86.2896
County TRI context
Manistee · 21.2% of county pounds
Parent company
Tes Filer City Station LP

Compare beyond Michigan

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest T.e.s. Filer City Station on cumulative reported pounds (836.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Nova Chemicals Olefins LLC, New Angus LLC, Emd Performance Materials Corp. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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 Zinc compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Morton Salt Inc. T.e.s. Filer City Station stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN 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 T.e.s. Filer City Station TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

T.e.s. Filer City Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Filer City, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 21.2% of Manistee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nova Chemicals Olefins LLC (Δ 189 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

T.e.s. Filer City Station stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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