EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station
Bangor, PA · Parent: Talen Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 12 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station: how the 138.9K lbs splits
138.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 138.9K lbs 100.0%
- Water Discharges 21 lbs <0.1%
- Off-site Transfers 12 lbs <0.1%
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station's 138.9K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at <0.1%. 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.
TRACE volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bangor, PA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 138.9K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2024, and 12 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 18,388 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Martins Creek Steam Electric Station is pounds #916 and chemical-count #750 at 12 lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Biospectra Bangor Facility; Oldcastle Precast Inc; Custom Laminating Corp; Lamtec Corp. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Pennsylvania: Duke Energy Florida Llc-Intercession City Power Plant; Vienna Generating Station; Commonwealth Utilities Corp (cuc); Commonwealth Utilities Corp (cuc). Other Talen Energy Corp sites in this extract: Brunner Island Steam Electric Station; Montour Steam Electric Station; Dartmouth Power Associates L.P.; Pedricktown Cogeneration Co LP. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; n-Hexane; Naphthalene; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Duke Energy Florida Llc-Intercession City Power Plant and Vienna Generating Station.
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12 lbs 29th percentile higher than 29% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Martins Creek Steam Electric Station reports the 460th-largest volume (12 lbs). Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Duke Energy Florida Llc-Intercession City Power Plant and Vienna Generating Station.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station Form-R facts
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See how Martins Creek Steam Electric Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
95% less 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 Martins Creek Steam Electric Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 138.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 1156687% (12 lbs to 138.9K lbs).
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Martins Creek Steam Electric Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1156687% 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 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 138.9K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 90.7K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 48.2K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 19 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 12 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Martins Creek Steam Electric Station
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Biospectra Bangor Facility, Oldcastle Precast Inc, Custom Laminating Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Duke Energy Florida Llc-Intercession City Power Plant, Vienna Generating Station, Commonwealth Utilities Corp (cuc).
Other Talen Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Brunner Island Steam Electric Station, Montour Steam Electric Station, Dartmouth Power Associates L.P..
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, Naphthalene, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Biospectra Bangor Facility. Martins Creek Steam Electric Station stamps TRACE 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 Martins Creek Steam Electric Station TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bangor, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.0% of Northampton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Technologies Inc. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Martins Creek Steam Electric Station stamps TRACE 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