EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Sandy Creek Energy Station
Riesel, TX · Parent: Sandy Creek Services LLC
- Total releases
- 7.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Sandy Creek Energy Station: how the 7.5M lbs splits
7.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 7.3M lbs 96.7%
- Air Releases 247.9K lbs 3.3%
Sandy Creek Energy Station's 7.5M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 96.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
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 LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Sandy Creek Energy Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Riesel, TX, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.2M lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 7.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 281 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. Sandy Creek Energy Station is pounds #30 and chemical-count #87 at 7.5M 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: Bc Materials Rosenfeld Plant; Waco Hot Mix Plant; Knife River Corp - South Waco Asphalt Plant; Flint Hills Resources Corpus Christi LLC Waco Terminal. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Texas: Plum Point Energy Station; Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant; Seminole Generating Station; Miller Steam Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Ammonia; Vanadium compounds.
Sandy Creek Energy Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (96.7% land disposal) across 21 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 7.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Plum Point Energy Station and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant.
Sandy Creek Energy Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
7.5M 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
Sandy Creek Energy Station inside Mclennan's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Sandy Creek Energy Station reports the 47th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 64.5% of every pound reported in Mclennan. Scale peers outside Texas include Plum Point Energy Station and Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Mclennan's reported pounds (11.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sandy Creek Energy Station's total reported releases fell from 1.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sandy Creek Energy Station's air releases fell from 37.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 27.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sandy Creek Energy Station's land releases fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sandy Creek Energy Station Form-R facts
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See how Sandy Creek Energy Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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10.5× 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 Sandy Creek Energy Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 7.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 32% (1.7M lbs to 1.2M lbs).
Sandy Creek Energy Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Sandy Creek Energy Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 32% 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: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.7M lbs | 14 |
| 2020 | 1.4M lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 1.9M lbs | 13 |
| 2022 | 1.3M lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 1.2M lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Sandy Creek Energy Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sandy Creek Energy Station
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Bc Materials Rosenfeld Plant, Waco Hot Mix Plant, Knife River Corp - South Waco Asphalt Plant, 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. Plum Point Energy Station, Associated Electric Cooperative Inc New Madrid Power Plant, Seminole Generating Station.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sandy Creek Energy Station on cumulative reported pounds (7.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Futamura USA Inc, Envirofocus Technologies, Plum Point Energy Station. 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.
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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Barium And Barium Compounds, Ammonia, Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include Bc Materials Rosenfeld Plant. Sandy Creek Energy Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 Sandy Creek Energy Station TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sandy Creek Energy Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Riesel, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 64.5% of Mclennan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Futamura USA Inc (Δ 15.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sandy Creek Energy Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)). 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