EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Winyah Generating Station
Georgetown, SC · Parent: South Carolina Public Service Authority
- Total releases
- 2.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 23
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Winyah Generating Station: how the 2.0M lbs splits
2.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.9M lbs 97.5%
- Land Disposal 33.8K lbs 1.7%
- Water Discharges 14.3K lbs 0.7%
- Off-site Transfers 814 lbs <0.1%
Winyah Generating Station's 2.0M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 97.5% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 1.7%. 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 TRACE-CARC
Winyah Generating Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Georgetown, SC, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 516.2K lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 2.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 870 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. Winyah Generating Station is pounds #24 and chemical-count #9 at 2.0M 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: The Hm Sefa Group LLC Winyah Star Facility; American Gypsum South Carolina LLC; 3V Sigma USA; Argos Georgetown Concrete Plant. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside South Carolina: Calaveras Power Station; Oak Creek Site; Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station; Duke Energy Progress Llc-Mayo Electric Generating Plant. Other South Carolina Public Service Authority sites in this extract: Cross 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); Hydrogen fluoride; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
Winyah Generating Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (97.5% air releases) across 23 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Calaveras Power Station and Oak Creek Site.
Winyah Generating Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.0M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Winyah 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, Winyah Generating Station reports the 150th-largest volume (2.0M lbs). 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 82.6% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Calaveras Power Station and Oak Creek Site.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Winyah 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 82.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Winyah Generating Station's total reported releases rose from 470.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 516.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Winyah Generating Station's water releases rose from 744 lb in 2022 to 3.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Winyah Generating Station's off-site transfers fell from 392 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Winyah Generating Station's air releases rose from 466.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 509.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Winyah Generating Station Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Winyah Generating Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 439% (95.7K lbs to 516.2K lbs).
Winyah Generating Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021
- 2022 0
- 2023
What this shows Winyah Generating Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 439% 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 | 95.7K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 315.0K lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 568.6K lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 470.6K lbs | 15 |
| 2023 | 516.2K lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 23 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Winyah Generating Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Winyah Generating Station
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including The Hm Sefa Group LLC Winyah Star Facility, American Gypsum South Carolina LLC, 3V Sigma USA, 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. Calaveras Power Station, Oak Creek Site, Sigeco a B Brown Generating Station.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Winyah Generating Station on cumulative reported pounds (2.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (23). Release-pound peers include Stillwater Mining Co East Boulder Mine, The Lincoln Electric Co, Optima Chemical Group LLC. Chemical-count peers include Woodland Pulp LLC, Brenntag Northeast LLC, Aes Warrior Run Inc. 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).
Other South Carolina Public Service Authority Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cross 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), Hydrogen fluoride, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); nearby reporters include The Hm Sefa Group LLC Winyah Star Facility. Winyah Generating Station stamps HEAVY 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 Winyah Generating Station TRI extract (HEAVY · 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.
Winyah Generating Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Georgetown, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 11.3% of Georgetown TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Stillwater Mining Co East Boulder Mine (Δ 3.8K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Winyah Generating Station stamps HEAVY 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