EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Ravenswood Generating Station
Long Island City, NY · Parent: Ravenswood Operations LLC
- Total releases
- 497.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ravenswood Generating Station: how the 564.9K lbs splits
564.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 471.1K lbs 83.4%
- Air Releases 93.8K lbs 16.6%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Ravenswood Generating Station's 564.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 83.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 16.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Asbestos (friable).
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.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Ravenswood Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Long Island City, NY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 67.4K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 497.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 1,964 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. Ravenswood Generating Station is pounds #36 and chemical-count #150 at 497.5K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Srm - Long Island City; United Metro Energy Corp.; Consolidated Edison Co of New York - East River Facility; Josh Lowenstein & Sons Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside New York: Midamerican Energy-George Neal South; Muskogee Generating Station; Southwestern Public Service Co Harrington Station; Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Asbestos (friable); Ammonia; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Compare Ravenswood Generating Station with
Nearest reporters in New York
- Srm - Long Island City Long Island City · 55 lbs
- United Metro Energy Corp. Brooklyn · 9.8K lbs
- Consolidated Edison Co of New York - East River Facility Manhattan · 226.1K lbs
- Josh Lowenstein & Sons Inc Brooklyn · 6.1K lbs
Similar-scale Electric Utilities sites elsewhere: Midamerican Energy-George Neal South (IA) · Muskogee Generating Station (OK) · Southwestern Public Service Co Harrington Station (TX)
Ravenswood Generating Station stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (83.4% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 497.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Midamerican Energy-George Neal South and Muskogee Generating Station.
Ravenswood Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
498K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ravenswood Generating Station inside Queens's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Ravenswood Generating Station reports the 244th-largest volume (497.5K lbs). This one site accounts for 54.4% of every pound reported in Queens. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Asbestos (friable) alone is 83.2% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 83.3% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside New York include Midamerican Energy-George Neal South and Muskogee Generating Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Queens's reported pounds (915.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Ravenswood Generating Station's total reported releases rose from 20.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ravenswood Generating Station's air releases rose from 12.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ravenswood Generating Station's off-site transfers fell from 8.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 25 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ravenswood Generating Station's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ravenswood Generating Station Form-R facts
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See how Ravenswood Generating Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
9093.5× more than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
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 Ravenswood Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 564.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 36% (104.9K lbs to 67.4K lbs).
Ravenswood Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Ravenswood Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 36% 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: Asbestos (friable).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 104.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 301.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 43.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 20.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 27.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 67.4K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Asbestos (friable) | 470.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ammonia | 94.3K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 606 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 5 lbs | - |
Ravenswood Generating Station · OFFSITE-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. Midamerican Energy-George Neal South, Muskogee Generating Station, Southwestern Public Service Co Harrington Station.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ravenswood Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (497.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Okeelanta Corp, Rec Boat Holdings-Cruiser Plant, Lion Elastomers LLC. 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
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 Asbestos (friable), Ammonia, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Srm - Long Island City. Ravenswood Generating Station stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Ravenswood Generating Station TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Asbestos (friable)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ravenswood Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Long Island City, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 54.4% of Queens TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Okeelanta Corp (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ravenswood Generating Station stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Asbestos (friable). 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