EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex

Mooresboro, NC · Parent: Duke Energy Corp

Total releases
3.7M lbs
Chemicals reported
27
Carcinogens
7
Primary pathway
Land Disposal

LAND Form-R mix

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex: how the 3.7M lbs splits

3.7M lbs across all reported pathways

  • Land Disposal 3.0M lbs 81.2%
  • Air Releases 694.8K lbs 18.8%
  • Water Discharges 2.7K lbs 0.1%
  • Off-site Transfers 298 lbs <0.1%

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex's 3.7M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 81.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 18.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).

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.

HEAVY volume LAND pathway CARC-LEAN

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mooresboro, NC, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 782.1K lbs of releases across 18 chemicals in 2023, and 3.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 531 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex is pounds #19 and chemical-count #4 at 3.7M lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Befesa Zinc Metal LLC; Ksm Castings USA Inc; Greenheck Fan Corp - Shelby Campus; Electric Glass Fiber America LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside North Carolina: Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant; Gerald Gentleman Station; Newton Energy Center; Independence Steam Electric Station. Other Duke Energy Corp sites in this extract: Gibson Generating Station; Duke Energy Indiana Inc. Cayuga Generating Station; Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station; Duke Energy Progress LLC - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Barium And Barium Compounds.

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Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (81.2% land disposal) across 27 chemicals · 7 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.7M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant and Gerald Gentleman Station.

#531 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 2% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

3.7M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex in the Electric Utilities sector extract

Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex reports the 100th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant and Gerald Gentleman Station.

Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex's total reported releases rose from 316.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 782.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex's water releases rose from 85 lb in 2022 to 712 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex's land releases rose from 194.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 597.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex's air releases rose from 121.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 184.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex Form-R facts

Sector
Electric Utilities
HEAVY volume
3.7M lbs
LAND pathway
Land Disposal
CARC-LEAN chem count
27 · 7 carc.
Lead chemical
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

Compare this facility

See how Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex
3.7M lbs
Befesa Zinc Metal LLC
43.1M lbs

91% less than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex
27
Befesa Zinc Metal LLC
4

6.8× 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 Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.7M lbs.

Land Disposal 3.0M lbs (81.2%)
Air Releases 694.8K lbs (18.8%)
Water Discharges 2.7K lbs (0.1%)
Off-site Transfers 298 lbs (<0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 36% (1.2M lbs to 782.1K lbs).

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex: annual Form-R pounds

HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 36% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 1.2M lbs 19
2020 795.6K lbs 19
2021 598.1K lbs 17
2022 316.0K lbs 15
2023 782.1K lbs 18

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 27 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) 841.7K lbs -
Vanadium compounds 461.5K lbs -
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 446.0K lbs -
Barium And Barium Compounds 340.2K lbs -
Zinc compounds 288.7K lbs -
Manganese compounds 190.2K lbs -
Copper compounds 163.4K lbs -
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 163.3K lbs -
Nickel compounds 143.4K lbs Carcinogen
n-Hexane 108.0K lbs -
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) 106.3K lbs -
Lead compounds 82.1K lbs -
Manganese And Manganese Compounds 77.1K lbs -
Cobalt compounds 53.0K lbs Carcinogen
Arsenic compounds 47.4K lbs Carcinogen
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) 46.1K lbs -
Copper And Copper Compounds 45.4K lbs -
Nickel And Nickel Compounds 41.1K lbs Carcinogen
Lead And Lead Compounds 31.6K lbs -
Ammonia 17.1K lbs -
Hydrogen fluoride 9.9K lbs -
Mercury compounds 914 lbs -
Mercury And Mercury Compounds 343 lbs -
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 11 lbs Carcinogen
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 1 lbs -
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 lbs Carcinogen
Naphthalene 0 lbs Carcinogen

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex · LAND-pathway site

Mooresboro, NC
35.2076, -81.7666
County TRI context
Rutherford · 7.9% of county pounds
Parent company
Duke Energy Corp

Compare beyond North Carolina

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex on cumulative reported pounds (3.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (27). Release-pound peers include McWane Ductile Ohio, Midwest Sterilization Corp, Premcor Refining Group Inc Port Arthur. Chemical-count peers include Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div, Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C., Keystone Power Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Vanadium compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds; nearby reporters include Befesa Zinc Metal LLC. Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mooresboro, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 7.9% of Rutherford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: McWane Ductile Ohio (Δ 6.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Rogers Energy Complex stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)). 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