EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Platte Generating Station
Grand Island, NE · Parent: City of Grand Island
- Total releases
- 159.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Platte Generating Station: how the 159.2K lbs splits
159.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 140.0K lbs 87.9%
- Land Disposal 18.9K lbs 11.8%
- Off-site Transfers 386 lbs 0.2%
Platte Generating Station's 159.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 87.9% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 11.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Platte Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Grand Island, NE, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 26.7K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 159.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,641 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Nebraska's 183 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Platte Generating Station is pounds #42 and chemical-count #63 at 159.2K lbs. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc leads reported pounds (11.5M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #30). Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc leads chemical count at 150 chemicals (5.7M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Chief Industries - Fabrication Div; Gerhold Concrete Co Grand Island Plant; Hornady Manufacturing Co; Swift Beef Co. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Nebraska: Tri-State Generation & Transmission - Escalante Station; Chalk Point Power LLC; Lsp - Cottage Grove LP; Florida Power & Light Co Fpl Manatee Power Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Hydrogen fluoride; Barium And Barium Compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
Platte Generating Station stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (87.9% air releases) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 159.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tri-State Generation & Transmission - Escalante Station and Chalk Point Power LLC.
Platte Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
159K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Platte Generating Station: Hydrogen fluoride-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Platte Generating Station reports the 301st-largest volume (159.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Hydrogen fluoride alone is 85.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Nebraska include Tri-State Generation & Transmission - Escalante Station and Chalk Point Power LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Platte Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Hydrogen fluoride at 85.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Platte Generating Station's total reported releases fell from 44.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 26.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Platte Generating Station's off-site transfers fell from 157 lb in 2022 to 14 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Platte Generating Station's land releases fell from 15.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Platte Generating Station's air releases fell from 28.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Platte Generating Station Form-R facts
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1861.5× more than the comparison
25% 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 Platte Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 159.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 24% (35.3K lbs to 26.7K lbs).
Platte Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Platte Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 24% 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: Hydrogen fluoride.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 25.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 27.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 44.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 26.7K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen fluoride | 135.7K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 23.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 222 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 110 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Platte Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Platte Generating Station
Closest other reporters in Nebraska - including Chief Industries - Fabrication Div, Gerhold Concrete Co Grand Island Plant, Hornady Manufacturing Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nebraska - e.g. Tri-State Generation & Transmission - Escalante Station, Chalk Point Power LLC, Lsp - Cottage Grove LP.
Compare beyond Nebraska
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Platte Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (159.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Basf Corp, Ddp Specialty Electronic Materials US 5 LLC, Middlebury Cheese Co. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico 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 Hydrogen fluoride, Barium And Barium Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Chief Industries - Fabrication Div. Platte Generating Station stamps MID 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 Platte Generating Station TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Platte Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Grand Island, NE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 9.7% of Hall TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Basf Corp (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Platte Generating Station stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Hydrogen fluoride. 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