EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Cross Generating Station
Pineville, SC · Parent: South Carolina Public Service Authority
- Total releases
- 4.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 27
- Carcinogens
- 7
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Cross Generating Station: how the 4.8M lbs splits
4.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.9M lbs 80.0%
- Land Disposal 784.0K lbs 16.2%
- Water Discharges 184.9K lbs 3.8%
- Off-site Transfers 27 lbs <0.1%
Cross Generating Station's 4.8M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 80.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 16.2%. 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.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Cross Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pineville, SC, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.2M lbs of releases across 17 chemicals in 2023, and 4.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 440 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cross Generating Station is pounds #10 and chemical-count #5 at 4.8M lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cr Bard; Carolina Pole Inc; Adams an Oldcastle Co - Holly Hill; Volvo Car USA LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside South Carolina: Cpi USA North Carolina LLC; Barry Steam Plant; San Juan Generating Station; Saint Nicholas Cogeneration Project. Other South Carolina Public Service Authority sites in this extract: Winyah Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds.
Cross Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (80.0% air releases) across 27 chemicals · 7 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.8M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cpi USA North Carolina LLC and Barry Steam Plant.
Cross Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.8M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cross Generating Station: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Cross Generating Station reports the 81st-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.8% of its sector. 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 60.9% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Cpi USA North Carolina LLC and Barry Steam Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cross Generating Station's pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at 60.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cross Generating Station's total reported releases rose from 979.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cross Generating Station's land releases rose from 183.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 253.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cross Generating Station's water releases rose from 31.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cross Generating Station's air releases rose from 764.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 869.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cross Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cross Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 22% (950.8K lbs to 1.2M lbs).
Cross Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Cross Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 22% from 2019 to 2023). 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 | 950.8K lbs | 17 |
| 2020 | 670.3K lbs | 16 |
| 2021 | 1.1M lbs | 17 |
| 2022 | 979.2K lbs | 17 |
| 2023 | 1.2M lbs | 17 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 27 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Cross Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cross Generating Station
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Cr Bard, Carolina Pole Inc, Adams an Oldcastle Co - Holly Hill, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Cpi USA North Carolina LLC, Barry Steam Plant, San Juan Generating Station.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cross Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (4.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (27). Release-pound peers include Quincy Oilseeds Complex, Cpi USA North Carolina LLC, Finch Paper LLC. Chemical-count peers include Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div, Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C., Keystone Power 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).
- Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div Rumford, ME · Paper 27 chemicals
- Veolia Es Technical Solutions L.L.C. Middlesex, NJ · Hazardous Waste 27 chemicals
- Keystone Power Plant Shelocta, PA · Electric Utilities 27 chemicals
- Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Philadelphia Refinery Philadelphia, PA · Petroleum 27 chemicals
Other South Carolina Public Service Authority Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Winyah Generating Station.
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), Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Cr Bard. Cross Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Cross Generating Station TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · 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.
Cross Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pineville, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 16.7% of Berkeley TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Quincy Oilseeds Complex (Δ 6.4K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cross Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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