EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Pacificorp Hunter Plant
Castle Dale, UT · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 6.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 22
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Pacificorp Hunter Plant: how the 6.4M lbs splits
6.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 6.3M lbs 97.1%
- Air Releases 187.5K lbs 2.9%
- Off-site Transfers 318 lbs <0.1%
Pacificorp Hunter Plant's 6.4M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 97.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.9%. 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 CARC-LEAN
Pacificorp Hunter Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Castle Dale, UT, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.3M lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2023, and 6.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 322 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. Pacificorp Hunter Plant is pounds #7 and chemical-count #10 at 6.4M 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant; Joy Global Mining LLC; Geneva Rock Products-Helper; Wildcat Midstream Loadout Facility. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Utah: Columbia Energy Center; Aes Puerto Rico LP; Iatan Generating Station; Rockport Plant. Other Berkshire Hathaway Inc sites in this extract: Cerro Wire LLC; Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center; Pacificorp Dave Johnston Plant; Pacificorp Jim Bridger Plant & Bridger Coal Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Barium And Barium Compounds; Manganese compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Pacificorp Hunter Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (97.1% land disposal) across 22 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Columbia Energy Center and Aes Puerto Rico LP.
Pacificorp Hunter Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.4M 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
Pacificorp Hunter Plant inside Emery's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Pacificorp Hunter Plant reports the 59th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 72.6% of every pound reported in Emery. Scale peers outside Utah include Columbia Energy Center and Aes Puerto Rico LP.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Emery's reported pounds (8.9M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pacificorp Hunter Plant's total reported releases rose from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pacificorp Hunter Plant's chemicals reported fell from 15 in 2022 to 12 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pacificorp Hunter Plant's air releases fell from 28.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pacificorp Hunter Plant's land releases rose from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pacificorp Hunter Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pacificorp Hunter Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 26% (1.1M lbs to 1.3M lbs).
Pacificorp Hunter Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Pacificorp Hunter Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 26% 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 | 14 |
| 2020 | 1.3M lbs | 14 |
| 2021 | 1.5M lbs | 14 |
| 2022 | 1.2M lbs | 15 |
| 2023 | 1.3M lbs | 12 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 22 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Pacificorp Hunter Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pacificorp Hunter Plant
Closest other reporters in Utah - including Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant, Joy Global Mining LLC, Geneva Rock Products-Helper, 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. Columbia Energy Center, Aes Puerto Rico LP, Iatan Generating Station.
Compare beyond Utah
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pacificorp Hunter Plant on cumulative reported pounds (6.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (22). Release-pound peers include Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC, Westrock, Terra International (oklahoma) Llc.. Chemical-count peers include Seward Power Plant, Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, Envirite of Pennsylvania 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 Berkshire Hathaway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cerro Wire LLC, Midamerican Energy Co Walter Scott Jr Energy Center, Pacificorp Dave Johnston 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 Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Barium And Barium Compounds, Manganese compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Pacificorp Energy-Huntington Plant. Pacificorp Hunter Plant stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Pacificorp Hunter Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · 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.
Pacificorp Hunter Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Castle Dale, UT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 72.6% of Emery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phoenix Paper Wickliffe LLC (Δ 1.0K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pacificorp Hunter Plant stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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