EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant
Vega Baja, PR · Parent: Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
- Total releases
- 10 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant: how the 10 lbs splits
10 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 10 lbs 100.0%
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant's 10 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Vega Baja, PR, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 18,492 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. Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant is pounds #96 and chemical-count #61 at 10 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Hubbell Caribe Ltd; Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC; Industrial C&s of Pr LLC; Fmc Agricultural Caribe Industries Ltd. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Puerto Rico: Astoria Generating Station; Greenwood Generating Station; Vienna Generating Station; Duke Energy Florida Llc-Intercession City Power Plant. 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.
Prepa-Vega Baja 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: 10 lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Astoria Generating Station and Greenwood Generating Station.
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
10 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
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant in the Electric Utilities sector extract
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant reports the 464th-largest volume (10 lbs). Scale peers outside Puerto Rico include Astoria Generating Station and Greenwood Generating Station.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 10 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). 2 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 10 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Puerto Rico - including Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Industrial C&s of Pr LLC, ordered by distance.
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Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Puerto Rico - e.g. Astoria Generating Station, Greenwood Generating Station, Vienna Generating 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 Hubbell Caribe Ltd. Prepa-Vega Baja 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 Prepa-Vega Baja 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.
Prepa-Vega Baja Gas Turbines Power Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Vega Baja, PR, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.0% of Vega Baja Municipio TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kelvion Products Inc. - Dallas (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prepa-Vega Baja 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