EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant
Mayaguez, PR · Parent: Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
- Total releases
- 502 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant: how the 751 lbs splits
751 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 751 lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant's 751 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mayaguez, PR, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 249 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 502 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 14,797 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Puerto Rico's 104 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant is pounds #71 and chemical-count #54 at 502 lbs. Ecw Landfill Corp. leads reported pounds (8.3M lbs) at 2 chemicals (chemical-count #41). Aes Puerto Rico LP leads chemical count at 25 chemicals (6.5M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Compania Cervecera de Puerto Rico Inc.; Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl; Fenwal International Inc; Fenwal International Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Puerto Rico: Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Schofield Generating Station; Dededo Combustion Turbine Generating Facility; Kansas City Bpu Quindaro Power Station; Gulf Power Co Plant Lansing Smith. Other Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority sites in this extract: Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex; Prepa-South Coast Power Plant; Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant; Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Naphthalene.
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 502 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Schofield Generating Station and Dededo Combustion Turbine Generating Facility.
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
502 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant reports the 421st-largest volume (502 lbs). Scale peers outside Puerto Rico include Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Schofield Generating Station and Dededo Combustion Turbine Generating Facility.
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
- Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant's total reported releases rose from 105 lb in 2022 to 162 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant's air releases rose from 105 lb in 2022 to 162 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 751 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 552% (38 lbs to 249 lbs).
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant: 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 Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 552% 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 38 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 113 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 83 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 105 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 162 lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 249 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 751 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant
Closest other reporters in Puerto Rico - including Compania Cervecera de Puerto Rico Inc., Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl, Fenwal International Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Puerto Rico - e.g. Hawaiian Electric Co Inc Schofield Generating Station, Dededo Combustion Turbine Generating Facility, Kansas City Bpu Quindaro Power Station.
Other Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex, Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Prepa - Palo Seco Steam Plant.
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 Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Compania Cervecera de Puerto Rico Inc.. Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mayaguez, PR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.9% of Mayaguez Municipio TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Wyman Gordon Tru-Form (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mayaguez Gas Turbines Power Plant stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds. 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