EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Bergen Generating Station
Ridgefield, NJ · Parent: Arclight Energy Partners
- Total releases
- 71.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Bergen Generating Station: how the 86.0K lbs splits
86.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 85.6K lbs 99.5%
- Off-site Transfers 399 lbs 0.5%
Bergen Generating Station's 86.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.5%. 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Bergen Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ridgefield, NJ, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 14.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2024, and 71.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 5,334 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. Bergen Generating Station is pounds #56 and chemical-count #81 at 71.2K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cosmetic Essence DBA Voyant Beauty; Sanofi; Biazzo Dairy Products Inc.; Colorite Polymers. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New Jersey: Duke Energy Florida Llc-Pl Bartow Power Plant; Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant; Kapaia Power Station; Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant. Other Arclight Energy Partners sites in this extract: Linden Generating Station; Parkway Generation Sewaren Energy Center. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Chlorine dioxide; Ethylbenzene; Naphthalene.
Bergen Generating Station stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.5% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 71.2K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Duke Energy Florida Llc-Pl Bartow Power Plant and Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant.
Bergen Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
71K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bergen Generating Station: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Bergen Generating Station reports the 331st-largest volume (71.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 93.4% of the total. Scale peers outside New Jersey include Duke Energy Florida Llc-Pl Bartow Power Plant and Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Bergen Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 93.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bergen Generating Station's total reported releases rose from 13.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bergen Generating Station's air releases rose from 13.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bergen Generating Station's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bergen Generating Station Form-R facts
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See how Bergen Generating Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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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 Bergen Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 86.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 20% (18.6K lbs to 14.8K lbs).
Bergen Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Bergen Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 20% 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 | 18.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 10.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 12.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 13.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 17.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 14.8K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 80.3K lbs | - |
| Chlorine dioxide | 5.0K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 537 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 145 lbs | Carcinogen |
Bergen Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bergen Generating Station
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New Jersey - e.g. Duke Energy Florida Llc-Pl Bartow Power Plant, Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant, Kapaia Power Station.
Compare beyond New Jersey
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bergen Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (71.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Luvata Waterbury Inc, Evonik Corp - Pasadena Pmd Plant, Clariant Corporation - Reserve Site. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Arclight Energy Partners Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Linden Generating Station, Parkway Generation Sewaren Energy Center.
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, Chlorine dioxide, Ethylbenzene, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Cosmetic Essence DBA Voyant Beauty. Bergen Generating Station stamps LIGHT 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 Bergen Generating Station TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Bergen Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ridgefield, NJ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 7.2% of Bergen TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Luvata Waterbury Inc (Δ 16 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bergen Generating Station stamps LIGHT 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