EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant
Astoria, NY
- Total releases
- 67.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant: how the 88.0K lbs splits
88.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 88.0K lbs 100.0%
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant's 88.0K 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
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Astoria, NY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 20.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 67.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 5,444 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant is pounds #112 and chemical-count #96 at 67.8K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Astoria Generating Station; Astoria Energy Power Generation Facility; Allied Aviation Service Co of New York Inc; Sprague Bronx Terminal. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New York: Dover Light & Power; Sewaren Generating Station; Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant; Duke Energy Florida Llc-Pl Bartow Power Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; n-Hexane; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Naphthalene.
Compare Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant with
Nearest reporters in New York
- Astoria Generating Station Astoria · 10 lbs
- Astoria Energy Power Generation Facility Astoria · 294.0K lbs
- Allied Aviation Service Co of New York Inc Flushing · 7.5K lbs
- Sprague Bronx Terminal Bronx · 3.7K lbs
Similar-scale Electric Utilities sites elsewhere: Dover Light & Power (OH) · Sewaren Generating Station (NJ) · Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant (FL)
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 67.8K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dover Light & Power and Sewaren Generating Station.
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
68K 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
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant reports the 334th-largest volume (67.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 99.3% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Dover Light & Power and Sewaren Generating Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 99.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant's total reported releases fell from 17.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant's air releases fell from 17.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant Form-R facts
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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 Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 88.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 93% (10.5K lbs to 20.3K lbs).
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant: 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 Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 93% 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 | 10.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 10.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 12.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 17.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 17.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 20.3K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 87.4K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 191 lbs | - |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 184 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 157 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 64 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury | 22 lbs | - |
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant
Closest other reporters in New York - including Astoria Generating Station, Astoria Energy Power Generation Facility, Allied Aviation Service Co of New York Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Dover Light & Power, Sewaren Generating Station, Fpl-Lauderdale Power Plant.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant on cumulative reported pounds (67.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co, Thomas Steel Strip Corp, Texas Lehigh Cement Co LP. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. 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.
- Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co Liberty, SC · Machinery 67.8K lbs reported
- Thomas Steel Strip Corp Warren, OH · Fabricated Metals 67.8K lbs reported
- Texas Lehigh Cement Co LP Buda, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 67.7K lbs reported
- Uss East Chicago Tin East Chicago, IN · Primary Metals 67.7K 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, n-Hexane, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Astoria Generating Station. Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant 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 Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Astoria, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 7.4% of Queens TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Charles Poletti Power Project & 500 Mw Plant 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