EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
W H Sammis Plant
Stratton, OH · Parent: Etem Remediation One LLC
- Total releases
- 15.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 30
- Carcinogens
- 9
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
W H Sammis Plant: how the 15.2M lbs splits
15.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 11.0M lbs 72.3%
- Off-site Transfers 4.1M lbs 26.7%
- Land Disposal 129.8K lbs 0.9%
- Water Discharges 14.2K lbs 0.1%
W H Sammis Plant's 15.2M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 72.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 26.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
W H Sammis Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Stratton, OH, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 985.3K lbs of releases across 19 chemicals in 2023, and 15.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 134 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. W H Sammis Plant is pounds #9 and chemical-count #11 at 15.2M lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Marathon Petroleum Co - Wellsville Oh Asp Terminal; Titanium Metals Corp; Mason Color Works Inc.; Heritage Thermal Services. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Ohio: Coal Creek Station; American Electric Power Amos Plant; U.S. Tva Cumberland Fossil Plant; Oak Grove Steam Electric Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Vanadium compounds.
W H Sammis Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (72.3% air releases) across 30 chemicals · 9 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Coal Creek Station and American Electric Power Amos Plant.
W H Sammis Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
W H Sammis Plant inside Jefferson's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, W H Sammis Plant reports the 12th-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 54.8% of every pound reported in Jefferson. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 65.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Coal Creek Station and American Electric Power Amos Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Jefferson's reported pounds (27.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- W H Sammis Plant's total reported releases fell from 4.3 million lb in 2022 to 985.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- W H Sammis Plant's land releases fell from 35.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- W H Sammis Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 204.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- W H Sammis Plant's air releases fell from 3.1 million lb in 2022 to 779.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
W H Sammis Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How W H Sammis Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 62% (2.6M lbs to 985.3K lbs).
W H Sammis Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 1
What this shows W H Sammis Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 62% 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.6M lbs | 20 |
| 2020 | 3.7M lbs | 19 |
| 2021 | 3.6M lbs | 19 |
| 2022 | 4.3M lbs | 19 |
| 2023 | 985.3K lbs | 19 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 9 of 30 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
W H Sammis Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to W H Sammis Plant
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Marathon Petroleum Co - Wellsville Oh Asp Terminal, Titanium Metals Corp, Mason Color Works Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Coal Creek Station, American Electric Power Amos Plant, U.S. Tva Cumberland Fossil Plant.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest W H Sammis Plant on cumulative reported pounds (15.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (30). Release-pound peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., Suzano Packaging, Energysolutions LLC. Chemical-count peers include Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant, Amvac Chemical Co, Coal Creek Station. 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).
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 Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include Marathon Petroleum Co - Wellsville Oh Asp Terminal. W H Sammis Plant stamps HEAVY 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.
Use and verify this record
This W H Sammis Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
W H Sammis Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Stratton, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 54.8% of Jefferson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. (Δ 9.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
W H Sammis Plant stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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