EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center
Hibbing, MN
- Total releases
- 74.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center: how the 74.9K lbs splits
74.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 73.2K lbs 97.7%
- Off-site Transfers 1.7K lbs 2.3%
- Water Discharges 1 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center's 74.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 97.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 2.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hibbing, MN, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 40.2K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 74.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,214 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Hibbing Renewable Energy Center is pounds #121 and chemical-count #46 at 74.9K lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Northern Foundry; Irathane Systems-Minnesota LLC; L&m Radiator Inc; CAST7 LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Minnesota: Grand Haven Board of Light &power Jb Sims Generating Stati; Kapaia Power Station; Calpine Fore River Energy Center LLC; Bergen Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Barium And Barium Compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (97.7% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 74.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Grand Haven Board of Light &power Jb Sims Generating Stati and Kapaia Power Station.
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
75K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Hibbing Renewable Energy Center reports the 328th-largest volume (74.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 97.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Grand Haven Board of Light &power Jb Sims Generating Stati and Kapaia Power Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hibbing Renewable Energy Center's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 97.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hibbing Renewable Energy Center's total reported releases rose from 33.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 40.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hibbing Renewable Energy Center's off-site transfers fell from 60 lb in 2022 to 6 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hibbing Renewable Energy Center's chemicals reported fell from 5 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hibbing Renewable Energy Center's air releases rose from 33.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 40.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hibbing Renewable Energy Center releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 74.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 26368% (152 lbs to 40.2K lbs).
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hibbing Renewable Energy Center year-over-year reported totals (increased by 26368% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 152 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.5K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 33.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 40.2K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 73.2K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 209 lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 62 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hibbing Renewable Energy Center
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Northern Foundry, Irathane Systems-Minnesota LLC, L&m Radiator Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Grand Haven Board of Light &power Jb Sims Generating Stati, Kapaia Power Station, Calpine Fore River Energy Center LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hibbing Renewable Energy Center on cumulative reported pounds (74.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include J R Simplot Co Lathrop, Nucor Steel Longview LLC, Plaquemine Methocel. 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).
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 Ammonia, Barium And Barium Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); nearby reporters include Northern Foundry. Hibbing Renewable Energy Center stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Hibbing Renewable Energy Center TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hibbing, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 4.9% of St. Louis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: J R Simplot Co Lathrop (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hibbing Renewable Energy Center stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia. 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