EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Kearny Generating Station
Kearny, NJ · Parent: Arclight Energy Partners Fund VII LP
- Total releases
- 13.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Kearny Generating Station: how the 22.2K lbs splits
22.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 22.2K lbs 100.0%
Kearny Generating Station's 22.2K 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Kearny Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kearny, NJ, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 8.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 13.9K lbs in total across its 2022-2024 reporting years. That ranks 9,069 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. Kearny Generating Station is pounds #112 and chemical-count #250 at 13.9K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kuehne Chemical Co Inc; Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc; Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC; Srm - Broadway. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New Jersey: Garrison Energy Center; Presque Isle Power Plant; Pinelawn Power; Commonwealth Utilities Corp (cuc). Other Arclight Energy Partners Fund VII LP sites in this extract: Middletown Power LLC; Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5; Montville Power LLC; Oswego Harbor Power. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Kearny Generating Station stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.9K lbs (2022–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Garrison Energy Center and Presque Isle Power Plant.
Kearny Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kearny Generating Station: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Kearny Generating Station reports the 377th-largest volume (13.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside New Jersey include Garrison Energy Center and Presque Isle Power Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kearny Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Kearny Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kearny Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 22.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2024, total releases decreased by 40% (13.9K lbs to 8.3K lbs).
Kearny Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2024
- 2022 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Kearny Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 40% from 2022 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 8.3K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 22.2K lbs | - |
Kearny Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Kearny Generating Station
Closest other reporters in New Jersey - including Kuehne Chemical Co Inc, Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC, ordered by distance.
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Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New Jersey - e.g. Garrison Energy Center, Presque Isle Power Plant, Pinelawn Power.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kearny Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (13.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Southwest Ozona Gas Plant, Apex International, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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).
Other Arclight Energy Partners Fund VII LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Middletown Power LLC, Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5, Montville Power LLC.
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; nearby reporters include Kuehne Chemical Co Inc. Kearny Generating Station stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Kearny Generating Station TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kearny Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kearny, NJ, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2022–2024 (2 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.3% of Hudson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Southwest Ozona Gas Plant (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kearny Generating Station stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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