EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Bonanza Power Plant
Vernal, UT · Parent: Deseret Power
- Total releases
- 4.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Bonanza Power Plant: how the 4.2M lbs splits
4.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 3.9M lbs 94.6%
- Air Releases 196.9K lbs 4.7%
- Off-site Transfers 28.8K lbs 0.7%
Bonanza Power Plant's 4.2M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 94.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 4.7%. 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
Bonanza Power Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Vernal, UT, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 614.0K lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2023, and 4.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 491 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Utah's 220 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bonanza Power Plant is pounds #11 and chemical-count #11 at 4.2M lbs. Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant leads reported pounds (781.4M lbs) at 34 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Clean Harbors Aragonite LLC leads chemical count at 193 chemicals (13.3M lbs, pounds #6). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Championx-Vernal 0408; Brenntag Pacific Inc; Chipeta Gas Plant; Ironhorse Complex. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Utah: Otter Tail Power Co Coyote Station; Duke Energy Kentucky Inc. East Bend Generating Station; Colver Green Energy; Public Service Co of Colorado Hayden Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Bonanza Power Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (94.6% land disposal) across 20 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Otter Tail Power Co Coyote Station and Duke Energy Kentucky Inc. East Bend Generating Station.
Bonanza Power Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.2M 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
Bonanza Power Plant inside Uintah's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Bonanza Power Plant reports the 90th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 97.2% of every pound reported in Uintah. Scale peers outside Utah include Otter Tail Power Co Coyote Station and Duke Energy Kentucky Inc. East Bend Generating Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Uintah's reported pounds (4.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Bonanza Power Plant's total reported releases fell from 753.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 614.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bonanza Power Plant's land releases fell from 713.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 575.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Bonanza Power Plant's air releases fell from 40.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 38.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Bonanza Power Plant Form-R facts
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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 Bonanza Power Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 43% (1.1M lbs to 614.0K lbs).
Bonanza Power Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Bonanza Power Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 43% 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 | 1.1M lbs | 13 |
| 2020 | 890.5K lbs | 13 |
| 2021 | 821.9K lbs | 12 |
| 2022 | 753.7K lbs | 12 |
| 2023 | 614.0K lbs | 12 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Bonanza Power Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Bonanza Power Plant
Closest other reporters in Utah - including Championx-Vernal 0408, Brenntag Pacific Inc, Chipeta Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 219 other reporting facilities in Utah.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Utah - e.g. Otter Tail Power Co Coyote Station, Duke Energy Kentucky Inc. East Bend Generating Station, Colver Green Energy.
Compare beyond Utah
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Bonanza Power Plant on cumulative reported pounds (4.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant, Cargill Corn Milling. Chemical-count peers include Pixelle Specialty Solutions, Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C.. 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, Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Championx-Vernal 0408. Bonanza Power Plant 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 Bonanza Power Plant 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.
Bonanza Power Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Vernal, UT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 97.2% of Uintah TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC (Δ 4.9K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bonanza Power Plant 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