EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station
Asbury, MO · Parent: The Empire District Electric Co
- Total releases
- 87.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station: how the 87.8K lbs splits
87.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 78.2K lbs 89.1%
- Air Releases 9.6K lbs 10.9%
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station's 87.8K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 89.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 10.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
LIGHT volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Asbury, MO, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 87.8K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 4,869 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station is pounds #115 and chemical-count #74 at 87.8K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Stern Williams; Redneck Outdoor Products LLC; Blevins Asphalt Construction Co Inc; Dyno Nobel Inc - Carthage Plant. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Missouri: Remington Power Station; Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park; Duke Energy Florida LLC - Hines Energy Complex; U.S. Tva Allen Combined Cycle Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen fluoride.
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (89.1% land disposal) across 8 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 87.8K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Remington Power Station and Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park.
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
88K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station reports the 322nd-largest volume (87.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) alone is 69.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Remington Power Station and Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) at 69.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 87.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). 1 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 61.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 15.5K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 6.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 2.9K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 967 lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 898 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 13 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Stern Williams, Redneck Outdoor Products LLC, Blevins Asphalt Construction Co Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 490 other reporting facilities in Missouri.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Missouri - e.g. Remington Power Station, Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park, Duke Energy Florida LLC - Hines Energy Complex.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (87.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include H.b. Fuller Construction Products Inc., Lennox Aes-Tallassee, Oxy Permian - Denver Unit CO2 Recovery Plant. 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.
- H.b. Fuller Construction Products Inc. Houston, TX · Chemicals 87.7K lbs reported
- Lennox Aes-Tallassee Tallassee, AL · Fabricated Metals 87.8K lbs reported
- Oxy Permian - Denver Unit CO2 Recovery Plant Denver City, TX · Natural Gas Processing 87.8K lbs reported
- Kw Plastics Troy, AL · Chemicals 87.7K lbs reported
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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Manganese compounds, Ammonia, Hydrogen fluoride; nearby reporters include Stern Williams. Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station 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 Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station 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.
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Asbury, MO, latest year 2019. NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 3.2% of Jasper TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: H.b. Fuller Construction Products Inc. (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station 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