EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Montour Steam Electric Station
Danville, PA · Parent: Talen Energy Corp
- Total releases
- 657.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 12
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Montour Steam Electric Station: how the 856.1K lbs splits
856.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 848.4K lbs 99.1%
- Land Disposal 6.7K lbs 0.8%
- Water Discharges 908 lbs 0.1%
- Off-site Transfers 43 lbs <0.1%
Montour Steam Electric Station's 856.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 0.8%. 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.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Montour Steam Electric Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Danville, PA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 198.9K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2024, and 657.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 1,658 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. Montour Steam Electric Station is pounds #54 and chemical-count #60 at 657.1K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: US Gypsum - Washingtonville Plant; Cherokee Pharmaceuticals Llc.; Hoeganaes Corp; Watsontown Brick Co. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Pennsylvania: Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant; American Electric Power Northeastern Plant; U.S. Tva Caledonia Combined Cycle Plant; Xcel Energy Bay Front Plant. Other Talen Energy Corp sites in this extract: Brunner Island Steam Electric Station; Dartmouth Power Associates L.P.; Pedricktown Cogeneration Co LP; Martins Creek 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); Ammonia; n-Hexane; Hydrogen fluoride.
Montour Steam Electric Station stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.1% air releases) across 12 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 657.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant and American Electric Power Northeastern Plant.
Montour Steam Electric Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
657K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Montour Steam Electric Station inside Montour's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Montour Steam Electric Station reports the 216th-largest volume (657.1K lbs). This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Montour. 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 80.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant and American Electric Power Northeastern Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Montour's reported pounds (657.4K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Montour Steam Electric Station's total reported releases fell from 193.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 49.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Montour Steam Electric Station's land releases fell from 781 lb in 2022 to 2 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Montour Steam Electric Station's off-site transfers fell from 42 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Montour Steam Electric Station's water releases fell from 429 lb in 2022 to 6 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Montour Steam Electric Station Form-R facts
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See how Montour Steam Electric Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
2528.4× more than the comparison
3.0× 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 Montour Steam Electric Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 856.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 9% (181.9K lbs to 198.9K lbs).
Montour Steam Electric Station: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Montour Steam Electric Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 9% 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 181.9K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 37.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 195.6K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 193.2K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 49.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2024 | 198.9K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 13 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 687.7K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 111.7K lbs | - |
| n-Hexane | 27.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 12.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 9.4K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 4.7K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 858 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 347 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 121 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 78 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Montour Steam Electric Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Montour Steam Electric Station
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including US Gypsum - Washingtonville Plant, Cherokee Pharmaceuticals Llc., Hoeganaes 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. Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant, American Electric Power Northeastern Plant, U.S. Tva Caledonia Combined Cycle Plant.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Montour Steam Electric Station on cumulative reported pounds (657.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (12). Release-pound peers include Scout Boats Inc, Monument Chemical Kentucky LLC, Occidental Chemical Corp. Chemical-count peers include Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd, Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc., Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex. 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.
- Scout Boats Inc Summerville, SC · Transportation Equipment 656.8K lbs reported
- Monument Chemical Kentucky LLC Brandenburg, KY · Chemicals 656.7K lbs reported
- Occidental Chemical Corp Gregory, TX · Chemicals 656.0K lbs reported
- Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant Toa Baja, PR · Electric Utilities 658.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd Manati, PR · Chemicals 12 chemicals
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals Inc. Penuelas, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
- Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex Aguirre, PR · Electric Utilities 12 chemicals
- Citgo Petroleum Corp Braintree, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12 chemicals
Other Talen Energy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Brunner Island Steam Electric Station, Dartmouth Power Associates L.P., Pedricktown Cogeneration Co LP.
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), Ammonia, n-Hexane, Hydrogen fluoride; nearby reporters include US Gypsum - Washingtonville Plant. Montour Steam Electric Station stamps MID 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 Montour Steam Electric Station TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · 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.
Montour Steam Electric Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Danville, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221122 · Electric Utilities. more than 99.9% of Montour TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Scout Boats Inc (Δ 322 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Montour Steam Electric Station stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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