EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Bayonne Energy Center
Bayonne, NJ · Parent: Bayonne Energy Center LLC
- Total releases
- 206.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bayonne Energy Center: how the 221.7K lbs splits
221.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 221.7K lbs 100.0%
Bayonne Energy Center's 221.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Bayonne Energy Center is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bayonne, NJ, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 15.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 206.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 3,192 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New Jersey's 327 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bayonne Energy Center is pounds #27 and chemical-count #148 at 206.1K lbs. Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery leads reported pounds (16.1M lbs) at 39 chemicals (chemical-count #2). US Army Picatinny Arsenal leads chemical count at 42 chemicals (9.0K lbs, pounds #130). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Srm - Bayonne; Henry Repeating Arms Corp.; Amrod Corp; Chem Fluer/firmenich Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New Jersey: Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant; Merrimack Station; U.S. Tva Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant; Havana Power Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Bayonne Energy Center stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 206.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant and Merrimack Station.
Bayonne Energy Center vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
206K 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
Bayonne Energy Center: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Bayonne Energy Center reports the 288th-largest volume (206.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside New Jersey include Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant and Merrimack Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bayonne Energy Center's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bayonne Energy Center's total reported releases fell from 76.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bayonne Energy Center's air releases fell from 76.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bayonne Energy Center Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bayonne Energy Center releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 221.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 65% (44.7K lbs to 15.6K lbs).
Bayonne Energy Center: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Bayonne Energy Center year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 65% from 2019 to 2024). 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 | 44.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 23.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 40.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 76.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 20.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 15.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 221.7K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 14 lbs | Carcinogen |
Bayonne Energy Center · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bayonne Energy Center
Closest other reporters in New Jersey - including Srm - Bayonne, Henry Repeating Arms Corp., Amrod Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New Jersey - e.g. Otter Tail Power Co Hoot Lake Plant, Merrimack Station, U.S. Tva Lagoon Creek Combustion Turbine Plant.
Compare beyond New Jersey
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bayonne Energy Center on cumulative reported pounds (206.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include American Foam Cast, Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2, Whitford Corp. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- American Foam Cast Sylacauga, AL · Primary Metals 206.1K lbs reported
- Westlake Royal Building Products Inc - Plant 2 Salisbury, NC · Plastics and Rubber 206.1K lbs reported
- Whitford Corp Elverson, PA · Chemicals 206.1K lbs reported
- Saft America Jacksonville, FL · Electrical Equipment 206.0K 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 Ammonia, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Srm - Bayonne. Bayonne Energy Center 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 Bayonne Energy Center TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bayonne Energy Center totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bayonne, NJ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 3.9% of Hudson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: American Foam Cast (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bayonne Energy Center stamps MID 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