EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Hawthorn Generating Station
Kansas City, MO · Parent: Evergy Inc
- Total releases
- 1.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Hawthorn Generating Station: how the 1.5M lbs splits
1.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 1.3M lbs 89.7%
- Air Releases 151.6K lbs 10.3%
- Water Discharges 49 lbs <0.1%
Hawthorn Generating Station's 1.5M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 89.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 10.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds.
HEAVY volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Hawthorn Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kansas City, MO, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 566.9K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 1.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,038 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. Hawthorn Generating Station is pounds #33 and chemical-count #20 at 1.5M 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bayer Cropscience LP - Kc; Western Forms Inc.; Ioditech Inc; Grupo Antolin Missouri. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Missouri: Coleto Creek Power Station; Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station; Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant; Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex. Other Evergy Inc sites in this extract: Jeffrey Energy Center; Iatan Generating Station; La Cygne Generating Station; Lawrence Energy Center. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Vanadium compounds.
Hawthorn Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (89.7% land disposal) across 17 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Coleto Creek Power Station and Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station.
Hawthorn Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.5M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hawthorn Generating Station: Barium And Barium Compounds-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Hawthorn Generating Station reports the 163rd-largest volume (1.5M lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium And Barium Compounds alone is 80.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Coleto Creek Power Station and Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hawthorn Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Barium And Barium Compounds at 80.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hawthorn Generating Station's total reported releases fell from 850.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 566.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hawthorn Generating Station's land releases fell from 804.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 519.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hawthorn Generating Station's chemicals reported fell from 12 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hawthorn Generating Station's air releases rose from 46.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 47.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hawthorn Generating Station Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Hawthorn Generating Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
3.3× more than the comparison
51% 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 Hawthorn Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 5314% (10.5K lbs to 566.9K lbs).
Hawthorn Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Hawthorn Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 5314% 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: Barium And Barium Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.5K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 22.6K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 24.7K lbs | 11 |
| 2022 | 850.7K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 566.9K lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 1.2M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 109.1K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 48.3K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 42.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 24.5K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 24.0K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 17.7K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 15.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 9.3K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 970 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 240 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 183 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 135 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 67 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 49 lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 4 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Hawthorn Generating Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hawthorn Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Bayer Cropscience LP - Kc, Western Forms Inc., Ioditech 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. Coleto Creek Power Station, Great River Energy - Spiritwood Station, Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant.
Compare beyond Missouri
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hawthorn Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (1.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Grace Davison-Curtis Bay Works, Coleto Creek Power Station, Collins Products LLC. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Rq Resins 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).
Other Evergy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jeffrey Energy Center, Iatan Generating Station, La Cygne 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 And Barium Compounds, Ammonia, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include Bayer Cropscience LP - Kc. Hawthorn Generating Station stamps HEAVY 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.
Use and verify this record
This Hawthorn Generating Station TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium And Barium Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hawthorn Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kansas City, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 17.6% of Jackson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Grace Davison-Curtis Bay Works (Δ 929 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hawthorn Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium And Barium 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