EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Basin Electric Laramie River Station
Wheatland, WY · Parent: Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- Total releases
- 13.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 25
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Basin Electric Laramie River Station: how the 13.0M lbs splits
13.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 12.3M lbs 94.5%
- Air Releases 720.0K lbs 5.5%
Basin Electric Laramie River Station's 13.0M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 94.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds.
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
Basin Electric Laramie River Station is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wheatland, WY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 3.5M lbs of releases across 21 chemicals in 2023, and 13.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 153 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wyoming's 70 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Basin Electric Laramie River Station is pounds #2 and chemical-count #3 at 13.0M lbs. Dyno Nobel Inc-Cheyenne Plant leads reported pounds (27.1M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #19). Hf Sinclair Parco Refining LLC leads chemical count at 36 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #10). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: US Army Camp Guernsey Training Areas; Championx-Douglas 550; Bucking Horse Plant; Douglas Gas Plant. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Wyoming: Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant; Springerville Generating Station; Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station; Oak Grove Steam Electric Station. Other Basin Electric Power Cooperative sites in this extract: Basin Electric Leland Olds Station; Basin Electric Dry Fork Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Barium And Barium Compounds; Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nickel And Nickel Compounds.
Basin Electric Laramie River Station stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (94.5% land disposal) across 25 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant and Springerville Generating Station.
Basin Electric Laramie River Station vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Basin Electric Laramie River Station inside Platte's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Basin Electric Laramie River Station reports the 18th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 98.7% of every pound reported in Platte. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Barium And Barium Compounds alone is 83.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Wyoming include Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant and Springerville Generating Station.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Platte'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
- Basin Electric Laramie River Station's total reported releases rose from 2.5 million lb in 2022 to 3.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Basin Electric Laramie River Station's land releases rose from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 3.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Basin Electric Laramie River Station's air releases fell from 127.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 125.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Basin Electric Laramie River Station Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Basin Electric Laramie River Station stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
73.3× more than the comparison
12.5× 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 Basin Electric Laramie River Station releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 48% (2.4M lbs to 3.5M lbs).
Basin Electric Laramie River Station: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Basin Electric Laramie River Station year-over-year reported totals (increased by 48% 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 And Barium Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.4M lbs | 23 |
| 2020 | 2.6M lbs | 22 |
| 2021 | 2.0M lbs | 21 |
| 2022 | 2.5M lbs | 21 |
| 2023 | 3.5M lbs | 21 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 25 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Basin Electric Laramie River Station · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Basin Electric Laramie River Station
Closest other reporters in Wyoming - including US Army Camp Guernsey Training Areas, Championx-Douglas 550, Bucking Horse Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 69 other reporting facilities in Wyoming.
Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wyoming - e.g. Dte Electric Co-Belle River Power Plant, Springerville Generating Station, Kentucky Utilities Co Ghent Station.
Compare beyond Wyoming
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Basin Electric Laramie River Station on cumulative reported pounds (13.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (25). Release-pound peers include Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility, International Paper Georgetown Mill, Syngenta Crop Protection LLC Saint Gabriel Facility. 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.
- Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility Richland, WA · Food 13.1M lbs reported
- International Paper Georgetown Mill Georgetown, SC · Paper 13.0M lbs reported
- Syngenta Crop Protection LLC Saint Gabriel Facility Saint Gabriel, LA · Chemicals 13.1M lbs reported
- Jbs/swift Pork Co Beardstown, IL · Food 13.0M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Basin Electric Power Cooperative Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Basin Electric Leland Olds Station, Basin Electric Dry Fork 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 Barium And Barium Compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds; nearby reporters include US Army Camp Guernsey Training Areas. Basin Electric Laramie River Station 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 Basin Electric Laramie River Station TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · CARC-LEAN · lead Barium And Barium Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Basin Electric Laramie River Station totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wheatland, WY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 98.7% of Platte TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility (Δ 40.6K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Basin Electric Laramie River Station stamps HEAVY volume · LAND pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Barium And Barium Compounds. 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