EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Sewaren Generating Station
Sewaren, NJ · Parent: Public Service Enterprise Group
- Total releases
- 65.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sewaren Generating Station: how the 65.7K lbs splits
65.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 65.7K lbs 100.0%
Sewaren Generating Station's 65.7K 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Sewaren Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sewaren, NJ, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 21.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 65.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 5,513 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. Sewaren Generating Station is pounds #59 and chemical-count #154 at 65.7K 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: Parkway Generation Sewaren Energy Center; US Gypsum Co; Sewaren Terminal; Englert Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New Jersey: Dover Light & Power; Pse Ferndale Generating Station; Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant; Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant. Other Public Service Enterprise Group sites in this extract: Pseg Power Connecticut LLC Bridgeport Harbor Station; Bethlehem Energy Center. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Naphthalene.
Sewaren Generating Station stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 65.7K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dover Light & Power and Pse Ferndale Generating Station.
Sewaren Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
66K 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
Sewaren Generating Station: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Sewaren Generating Station reports the 336th-largest volume (65.7K 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 Dover Light & Power and Pse Ferndale Generating Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Sewaren Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Sewaren Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sewaren Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 65.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases held roughly flat (21.3K lbs to 21.2K lbs).
Sewaren Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Sewaren Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2021). 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 | 21.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 23.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 21.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 65.7K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 66 lbs | Carcinogen |
Sewaren Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sewaren Generating Station
Closest other reporters in New Jersey - including Parkway Generation Sewaren Energy Center, US Gypsum Co, Sewaren Terminal, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 326 other reporting facilities in New Jersey.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New Jersey - e.g. Dover Light & Power, Pse Ferndale Generating Station, Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant.
Compare beyond New Jersey
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sewaren Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (65.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Darling Ingredients Inc, Darling Ingredients Inc, Alliance Steel Inc.. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Public Service Enterprise Group Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Pseg Power Connecticut LLC Bridgeport Harbor Station, Bethlehem 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, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Parkway Generation Sewaren Energy Center. Sewaren 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 Sewaren 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.
Sewaren Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sewaren, NJ, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.5% of Middlesex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Darling Ingredients Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sewaren 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