EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Montana Power Station
El Paso, TX · Parent: El Paso Electric Co
- Total releases
- 31.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Montana Power Station: how the 31.9K lbs splits
31.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 31.9K lbs 100.0%
Montana Power Station's 31.9K 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: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Montana Power Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in El Paso, TX, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 31.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2021. That ranks 7,170 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. Montana Power Station is pounds #700 and chemical-count #1204 at 31.9K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Isomedix Operations Inc.; Msd LLC; Msd LLC; Air System Components Inc. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Texas: Boardman Plant; City of Tallahassee Arvah B. Hopkins Generating Station; Lansing Board of Water & Light-Eckert; Les-Terry Bundy Generating Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Naphthalene.
Montana Power Station stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 31.9K lbs (2021–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Boardman Plant and City of Tallahassee Arvah B. Hopkins Generating Station.
Montana Power Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
32K lbs Top 28% higher than 72% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Montana Power Station: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Montana Power Station reports the 359th-largest volume (31.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Boardman Plant and City of Tallahassee Arvah B. Hopkins Generating Station.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Montana Power Station's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Montana Power Station Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Montana Power Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
242.4× more than the comparison
2.0× 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 Montana Power Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 31.9K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2021). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 31.9K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Montana Power Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Montana Power Station
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Isomedix Operations Inc., Msd LLC, Msd LLC, 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. Boardman Plant, City of Tallahassee Arvah B. Hopkins Generating Station, Lansing Board of Water & Light-Eckert.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Montana Power Station on cumulative reported pounds (31.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Poet Biorefining - Ashton, Alaglass Pools, Northern Iron & Machine. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
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, Naphthalene; nearby reporters include Isomedix Operations Inc.. Montana Power Station stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 Montana Power Station TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Montana Power Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for El Paso, TX, latest year 2021. NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 0.8% of El Paso TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Poet Biorefining - Ashton (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Montana Power Station stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · 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