EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Fort Martin Power Station
Maidsville, WV · Parent: Firstenergy Corp
- Total releases
- 6.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 25
- Carcinogens
- 7
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Fort Martin Power Station: how the 6.0M lbs splits
6.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 5.0M lbs 83.4%
- Land Disposal 886.4K lbs 14.7%
- Water Discharges 117.9K lbs 1.9%
- Off-site Transfers 361 lbs <0.1%
Fort Martin Power Station's 6.0M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 83.4% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 14.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Fort Martin Power Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Maidsville, WV, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 1.1M lbs of releases across 15 chemicals in 2023, and 6.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 351 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In West Virginia's 182 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Fort Martin Power Station is pounds #5 and chemical-count #6 at 6.0M lbs. Harrison Power Station leads reported pounds (32.5M lbs) at 29 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Mount Storm Power Station leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (5.6M lbs, pounds #7). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Longview Power; Coresco LLC Maidsville Complex; Humphrey No 7; Morgantown Energy Associates. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside West Virginia: Homer City Generation LP; Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station; Keystone Power Plant; Walleye Power LLC - Bay Shore Plant. Other Firstenergy Corp sites in this extract: Harrison Power Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Vanadium compounds.
Fort Martin Power Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (83.4% air releases) across 25 chemicals · 7 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Homer City Generation LP and Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station.
Fort Martin Power Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.0M 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
Fort Martin Power Station inside Monongalia's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Fort Martin Power Station reports the 67th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 45.8% of every pound reported in Monongalia. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) alone is 81.7% of the total. Scale peers outside West Virginia include Homer City Generation LP and Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Monongalia's reported pounds (13.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Fort Martin Power Station's total reported releases fell from 1.3 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fort Martin Power Station's water releases fell from 38.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 387 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fort Martin Power Station's air releases fell from 960.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 848.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Fort Martin Power Station's chemicals reported fell from 16 in 2022 to 15 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Fort Martin Power Station Form-R facts
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See how Fort Martin Power Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
86% more than the comparison
56% 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 Fort Martin Power Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 17% (1.3M lbs to 1.1M lbs).
Fort Martin Power Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Fort Martin Power Station year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 17% 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: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3M lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 1.1M lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 1.3M lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 1.3M lbs | 16 |
| 2023 | 1.1M lbs | 15 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 7 of 25 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Fort Martin Power Station · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Fort Martin Power Station
Closest other reporters in West Virginia - including Longview Power, Coresco LLC Maidsville Complex, Humphrey No 7, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 181 other reporting facilities in West Virginia.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside West Virginia - e.g. Homer City Generation LP, Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Marshall Steam Station, Keystone Power Plant.
Compare beyond West Virginia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Fort Martin Power Station on cumulative reported pounds (6.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (25). Release-pound peers include Homer City Generation LP, Materion Natural Resources Inc Mill, Anheuser-Busch LLC. Chemical-count peers include Aes Puerto Rico LP, Verso Luke LLC, Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center. 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 Firstenergy Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Harrison Power Station.
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 Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include Longview Power. Fort Martin Power Station stamps HEAVY volume · AIR 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 Fort Martin Power Station TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Fort Martin Power Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Maidsville, WV, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 45.8% of Monongalia TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Homer City Generation LP (Δ 17.6K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Fort Martin Power Station stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). 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