EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant
Fergus Falls, MN · Parent: Otter Tail Corp
- Total releases
- 207.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant: how the 207.9K lbs splits
207.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 206.4K lbs 99.3%
- Air Releases 1.4K lbs 0.7%
- Water Discharges 78 lbs <0.1%
- Off-site Transfers 18 lbs <0.1%
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant's 207.9K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fergus Falls, MN, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 41.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2021, and 207.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 3,176 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. Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant is pounds #62 and chemical-count #170 at 207.9K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Quality Circuits Inc; Green Plains Otter Tail LLC; Master Composites Inc; Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Minnesota: Bayonne Energy Center; U.S. Tva Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant; Havana Power Station; Merrimack Station. Other Otter Tail Corp sites in this extract: Otter Tail Power Co Coyote Station; Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant; Btd Manufacturing Inc.; Btd Manufacturing Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Lead compounds; Mercury compounds.
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.3% land disposal) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 207.9K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bayonne Energy Center and U.S. Tva Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant.
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
208K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant inside Otter Tail's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant reports the 287th-largest volume (207.9K lbs). This one site accounts for 34.1% of every pound reported in Otter Tail. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 99.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Bayonne Energy Center and U.S. Tva Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Otter Tail's reported pounds (609.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant Form-R facts
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See how Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
22.3× more than the comparison
25% less 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 Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 207.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases decreased by 59% (101.3K lbs to 41.7K lbs).
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 59% from 2019 to 2021). 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 | 101.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 64.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 41.7K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 206.4K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 14 lbs | - |
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Quality Circuits Inc, Green Plains Otter Tail LLC, Master Composites Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 458 other reporting facilities in Minnesota.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Bayonne Energy Center, U.S. Tva Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant, Havana Power Station.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant on cumulative reported pounds (207.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Land O'Lakes - Carlisle, Linde Toledo Facility, Frazier Industrial Co. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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).
Other Otter Tail Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Otter Tail Power Co Coyote Station, Otter Tail Power Co Big Stone Plant, Btd Manufacturing Inc..
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)), Lead compounds, Mercury compounds; nearby reporters include Quality Circuits Inc. Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant stamps MID volume · LAND 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 Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · 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.
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fergus Falls, MN, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 34.1% of Otter Tail TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Land O'Lakes - Carlisle (Δ 249 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · 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