EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
American Electric Power Welsh Plant
Pittsburg, TX · Parent: American Electric Power
- Total releases
- 7.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
American Electric Power Welsh Plant: how the 7.2M lbs splits
7.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 5.4M lbs 75.4%
- Land Disposal 1.3M lbs 18.8%
- Air Releases 408.6K lbs 5.7%
- Off-site Transfers 1.5K lbs <0.1%
American Electric Power Welsh Plant's 7.2M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 75.4% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 18.8%. 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.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway TRACE-CARC
American Electric Power Welsh Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pittsburg, TX, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 684.0K lbs of releases across 13 chemicals in 2023, and 7.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 295 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. American Electric Power Welsh Plant is pounds #31 and chemical-count #88 at 7.2M lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lone Star Tubular Operations; Lone Star Specialty Products LLC; Priefert Manufacturing; Atlas Roofing Corp. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Texas: Seminole Generating Station; Clifty Creek Station; U.S. Tva Gallatin Fossil Plant; Plum Point Energy Station. Other American Electric Power sites in this extract: American Electric Power Amos Plant; Rockport Plant; American Electric Power H.w. Pirkey Power Plant; Mountaineer Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
American Electric Power Welsh Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (75.4% water discharges) across 21 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Seminole Generating Station and Clifty Creek Station.
American Electric Power Welsh Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.2M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
American Electric Power Welsh Plant inside Camp's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, American Electric Power Welsh Plant reports the 49th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Camp. Scale peers outside Texas include Seminole Generating Station and Clifty Creek Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Camp's reported pounds (7.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- American Electric Power Welsh Plant's total reported releases fell from 717.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 684.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Electric Power Welsh Plant's air releases fell from 85.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 72.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Electric Power Welsh Plant's off-site transfers rose from 152 lb in 2022 to 167 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- American Electric Power Welsh Plant's chemicals reported fell from 14 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
American Electric Power Welsh Plant Form-R facts
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See how American Electric Power Welsh Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
661.4× more than the comparison
7.0× more 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 American Electric Power Welsh Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 65% (1.9M lbs to 684.0K lbs).
American Electric Power Welsh Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows American Electric Power Welsh Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 65% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.9M lbs | 13 |
| 2020 | 1.8M lbs | 13 |
| 2021 | 2.0M lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 717.6K lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 684.0K lbs | 13 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 2.9M lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 2.5M lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 531.0K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 500.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 234.0K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 163.0K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 63.5K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 60.5K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 51.1K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 47.9K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 33.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 18.9K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 18.5K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 9.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 5.2K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 224 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 47 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 8 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
American Electric Power Welsh Plant · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to American Electric Power Welsh Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Lone Star Tubular Operations, Lone Star Specialty Products LLC, Priefert Manufacturing, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Seminole Generating Station, Clifty Creek Station, U.S. Tva Gallatin Fossil Plant.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest American Electric Power Welsh Plant on cumulative reported pounds (7.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Alloy Resource Corp, Seminole Generating Station, Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant. Chemical-count peers include Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson 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.
- Alloy Resource Corp Muskegon, MI · Primary Metals 7.2M lbs reported
- Seminole Generating Station Palatka, FL · Electric Utilities 7.1M lbs reported
- Tyson Poultry Inc-Broken Bow Processing Plant Broken Bow, OK · Food 7.2M lbs reported
- Exxonmobil Baton Rouge Refinery (part) Baton Rouge, LA · Petroleum 7.2M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other American Electric Power Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including American Electric Power Amos Plant, Rockport Plant, American Electric Power H.w. Pirkey Power 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 Ammonia, Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); nearby reporters include Lone Star Tubular Operations. American Electric Power Welsh Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 American Electric Power Welsh Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
American Electric Power Welsh Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pittsburg, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 100% of Camp TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Alloy Resource Corp (Δ 21.9K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
American Electric Power Welsh Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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