EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Seward Power Plant
New Florence, PA · Parent: Generation Holdings LP
- Total releases
- 93.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 22
- Carcinogens
- 8
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Seward Power Plant: how the 109.3K lbs splits
109.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 108.4K lbs 99.1%
- Water Discharges 954 lbs 0.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Seward Power Plant's 109.3K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.1% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 0.9%. 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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Seward Power Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Florence, PA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 15.7K lbs of releases across 18 chemicals in 2024, and 93.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 4,724 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. Seward Power Plant is pounds #184 and chemical-count #12 at 93.6K 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: Conemaugh Generating Station; Johnstown Wire Technologies Inc.; Gautier Steel Holdings Inc.; North American Hoganas High Alloys LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Pennsylvania: Jea Brandy Branch Generating Station; Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station; Remington Power Station; Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park. Other Generation Holdings LP sites in this extract: Colver Green Energy. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds.
Seward Power Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.1% air releases) across 22 chemicals · 8 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 93.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jea Brandy Branch Generating Station and Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station.
Seward Power Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
94K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Seward Power Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Seward Power Plant reports the 321st-largest volume (93.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 81.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Jea Brandy Branch Generating Station and Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Seward Power Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 81.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Seward Power Plant's total reported releases fell from 20.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Seward Power Plant's water releases rose from 96 lb in 2022 to 151 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Seward Power Plant's air releases fell from 20.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Seward Power Plant's chemicals reported fell from 19 in 2022 to 17 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Seward Power Plant Form-R facts
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See how Seward Power Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
99% less than the comparison
15% less 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 Seward Power Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 109.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 6% (16.6K lbs to 15.7K lbs).
Seward Power Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Seward Power Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 6% 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 | 16.6K lbs | 14 |
| 2020 | 18.2K lbs | 21 |
| 2021 | 21.8K lbs | 19 |
| 2022 | 20.8K lbs | 19 |
| 2023 | 16.2K lbs | 17 |
| 2024 | 15.7K lbs | 18 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 8 of 22 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 89.4K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 15.5K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 910 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 259 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 204 lbs | - |
| Arsenic compounds | 185 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 170 lbs | - |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 161 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Selenium compounds | 145 lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 143 lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 138 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 95 lbs | - |
| Cobalt compounds | 45 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Antimony compounds | 41 lbs | - |
| Thallium compounds | 34 lbs | - |
| Beryllium compounds | 23 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 4 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 3 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Seward Power Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Seward Power Plant
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Conemaugh Generating Station, Johnstown Wire Technologies Inc., Gautier Steel Holdings Inc., 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. Jea Brandy Branch Generating Station, Empire District Electric Co Asbury Generating Station, Remington Power Station.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Seward Power Plant on cumulative reported pounds (93.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (22). Release-pound peers include Odom Industries Inc, Cherokee Brick & Tile Co, Bridgestone Aiken County Plant. Chemical-count peers include Westrock Virginia Corp, American Bituminous Power Partners LP, Duke Energy Progress LLC - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant. 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).
- Westrock Virginia Corp Covington, VA · Paper 22 chemicals
- American Bituminous Power Partners LP Grant Town, WV · Electric Utilities 22 chemicals
- Duke Energy Progress LLC - Roxboro Steam Electric Plant Semora, NC · Electric Utilities 22 chemicals
- Domtar Paper Co Llc-Plymouth Mill Plymouth, NC · Paper 22 chemicals
Other Generation Holdings LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Colver Green Energy.
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, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Conemaugh Generating Station. Seward Power Plant stamps LIGHT 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 Seward Power Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Seward Power Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Florence, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.6% of Indiana TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Odom Industries Inc (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Seward Power Plant stamps LIGHT 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