EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Gowanus Generating Station
Brooklyn, NY · Parent: Eastern Generation LLC
- Total releases
- 38 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Gowanus Generating Station: how the 38 lbs splits
38 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 38 lbs 100.0%
Gowanus Generating Station's 38 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: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Gowanus Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brooklyn, NY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 14 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2021, and 38 lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 17,484 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. Gowanus Generating Station is pounds #436 and chemical-count #236 at 38 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Srm - Smith Street; Ieh Corp; Srm - McDonald Avenue; Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New York: Newington Station; Tenaska Georgia Partners LP; Fort Myers Power Plant; Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Lincoln Ct Station. Other Eastern Generation LLC sites in this extract: Astoria Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Naphthalene; n-Hexane.
Gowanus Generating Station stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 38 lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Newington Station and Tenaska Georgia Partners LP.
Gowanus Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
38 lbs 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gowanus Generating Station in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Gowanus Generating Station reports the 441st-largest volume (38 lbs). Scale peers outside New York include Newington Station and Tenaska Georgia Partners LP.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Gowanus Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gowanus Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 38 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases increased by 22% (12 lbs to 14 lbs).
Gowanus Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Gowanus Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 22% 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: 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 36 lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 0 lbs | - |
Gowanus Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Newington Station, Tenaska Georgia Partners LP, Fort Myers Power Plant.
Other Eastern Generation LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Astoria Generating Station.
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 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, Naphthalene, n-Hexane; nearby reporters include Srm - Smith Street. Gowanus Generating Station stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Gowanus Generating Station TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gowanus Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brooklyn, NY, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.0% of Kings TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cardinal Glass (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gowanus Generating Station stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene. 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