EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
Pacificorp Naughton Plant
Kemmerer, WY · Parent: Berkshire Hathaway Inc
- Total releases
- 2.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Pacificorp Naughton Plant: how the 2.4M lbs splits
2.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 2.2M lbs 91.8%
- Air Releases 191.9K lbs 8.0%
- Water Discharges 2.7K lbs 0.1%
- Off-site Transfers 41 lbs <0.1%
Pacificorp Naughton Plant's 2.4M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 91.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 8.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)).
HEAVY volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Pacificorp Naughton Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kemmerer, WY, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 515.7K lbs of releases across 9 chemicals in 2023, and 2.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 765 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. Pacificorp Naughton Plant is pounds #9 and chemical-count #11 at 2.4M 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: Opal Gas Plant; Pioneer Cryogenic Plant; Blacks Fork Gas Plant; Granger Gas Plant. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Wyoming: Brame Energy Center; Big Cajun 2; Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant; Oge Energy Corp River Valley Generating Station. 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; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Pacificorp Naughton Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (91.8% land disposal) across 14 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brame Energy Center and Big Cajun 2.
Pacificorp Naughton Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pacificorp Naughton Plant inside Lincoln's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, Pacificorp Naughton Plant reports the 134th-largest volume (2.4M lbs). This one site accounts for 91.6% of every pound reported in Lincoln. Scale peers outside Wyoming include Brame Energy Center and Big Cajun 2.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Lincoln's reported pounds (2.6M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pacificorp Naughton Plant's total reported releases rose from 287.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 515.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pacificorp Naughton Plant's off-site transfers fell from 19 lb in 2022 to 3 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pacificorp Naughton Plant's land releases rose from 264.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 478.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pacificorp Naughton Plant's air releases rose from 21.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 36.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pacificorp Naughton Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pacificorp Naughton Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 26% (409.7K lbs to 515.7K lbs).
Pacificorp Naughton Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 0
- 2023
What this shows Pacificorp Naughton 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 | 409.7K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 654.3K lbs | 10 |
| 2021 | 518.4K lbs | 10 |
| 2022 | 287.1K lbs | 10 |
| 2023 | 515.7K lbs | 9 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 1.1M lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 567.7K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 301.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 177.9K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 102.8K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 94.0K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 16.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 12.7K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 6.8K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 4.5K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 127 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 67 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
Pacificorp Naughton Plant · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pacificorp Naughton Plant
Closest other reporters in Wyoming - including Opal Gas Plant, Pioneer Cryogenic Plant, Blacks Fork Gas 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. Brame Energy Center, Big Cajun 2, Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant.
Compare beyond Wyoming
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pacificorp Naughton Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Cycle Chem Inc, Mosaic Phosphates Co Faustina Plant, Koppers Performance Chemicals. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Opal Gas Plant. Pacificorp Naughton 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 Pacificorp Naughton 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.
Pacificorp Naughton Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kemmerer, WY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. 91.6% of Lincoln TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cycle Chem Inc (Δ 459 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pacificorp Naughton 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