EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Birchwood Power Facility
King George, VA
- Total releases
- 8.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Birchwood Power Facility: how the 8.9K lbs splits
8.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.6K lbs 62.7%
- Air Releases 3.3K lbs 37.3%
Birchwood Power Facility's 8.9K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 62.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 37.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Birchwood Power Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in King George, VA, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 3.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2021, and 8.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 10,063 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Birchwood Power Facility is pounds #191 and chemical-count #86 at 8.9K lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ruffin Creek Properties LLC; US Army Fort Ap Hill; Falmouth Ready Mix Concrete; Onduline Na. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Virginia: Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5; Cayuga Operating Co L.L.C.; Canal Generating LLC; Bethlehem Energy Center. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Lead compounds.
Birchwood Power Facility is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in King George, VA: 8.9K lbs across 5 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 62.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5 and Cayuga Operating Co L.L.C..
Birchwood Power Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.9K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Birchwood Power Facility inside King George's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Birchwood Power Facility reports the 386th-largest volume (8.9K lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in King George. Scale peers outside Virginia include Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5 and Cayuga Operating Co L.L.C..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of King George's reported pounds (8.9K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Birchwood Power Facility 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 Birchwood Power Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases increased by 76% (2.2K lbs to 3.8K lbs).
Birchwood Power Facility: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Birchwood Power Facility year-over-year reported totals (increased by 76% from 2019 to 2021). 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: Lead And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.2K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 3.8K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 3.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 2.7K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 398 lbs | - |
Birchwood Power Facility in King George
Nearest TRI Facilities to Birchwood Power Facility
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Ruffin Creek Properties LLC, US Army Fort Ap Hill, Falmouth Ready Mix Concrete, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 433 other reporting facilities in Virginia.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Bridgeport Harbor Station Unit 5, Cayuga Operating Co L.L.C., Canal Generating LLC.
Compare beyond Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Birchwood Power Facility on cumulative reported pounds (8.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Cleanpart Southwest, Sunoco Euless Tx Terminal, Ferrara 31ST Street. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Lead And Lead Compounds, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Ruffin Creek Properties LLC. Birchwood Power Facility stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Birchwood Power Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Birchwood Power Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for King George, VA, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 100% of King George TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cleanpart Southwest (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Birchwood Power Facility stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 62.7%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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