Toxics Release Inventory

Widows Creek Fossil Plant

2004 data

All amounts are in pounds.

Chemical	Air1	Water2	Land3	Off-Site Disposal4	Total Releases5
Antimony Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Arsenic Compounds	451	3,976	48,715	15	53,157
Barium Compounds	1,923	17,516	1,172,147	1,888	1,193,474
Beryllium Compounds	35	8	9,384	8	9,435
Cadmium Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Chromium Compounds	569	1,275	91,570	129	93,543
Cobalt Compounds	111	63	21,060	27	21,261
Copper Compounds	352	5,822	72,221	65	78,460
Lead Compounds	622	30	75,262	28	75,943
Manganese Compounds	925	38,564	198,121	330	237,940
Mercury Compounds	310	0	195	1	505
Nickel Compounds	626	1,386	102,330	110	104,452
Selenium Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Silver Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Thallium Compounds	23	1	27,384	31	27,438
Vanadium Compounds	703	3,644	188,720	230	193,297
Zinc Compounds	2,204	552	252,709	190	255,656
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	800,006	0	0	0	800,006
Hydrogen Fluoride	260,006	0	0	0	260,006
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	745,006	0	0	0	745,006
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.1	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.2
Dioxin (grams)	2.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.20
Dioxin	0.005	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.005
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	30	0	83.78	0.1	114
Napthalene	61	0	0	0	61
Ammonia	1,125	21	0	0	1,146
Nitrate Compounds	0	28,079	0	0	28,079
TOTALS	1,815,087	100,936	2,259,903	3,053	4,178,979

Megawatt-hours generated at this site, 2004	9,980,120
Pounds released per megawatt-hour	0.42

¹ “Air” indicates emissions that come out of the stack.

² “Water” indicates emissions that have been placed in an on-site holding pond and then discharged to the local waterway following all state and local permit requirements.

³ “Land” indicates ash that has been put in ponds or stacked dry in a pile on-site.

⁴ “Off-site disposal” indicates ash used for such things as driveways and fill for industrial parks.

⁵ Total 2004 releases represent a decrease of 1,100,866 pounds from 2003. Releases decreased primarily due to a decrease in the amount of coal combusted and a significant switch to western coal.

 

2003 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air1	Water2	Land3	Off-Site Disposal4	Total Releases5
Antimony Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Arsenic Compounds	961	3,300	57,412	54	62,054
Barium Compounds	4,523	12,027	1,000,000	4,160	1,004,160
Beryllium Compounds	81	5	10,200	21	10,021
Cadmium Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Chromium Compounds	986	891	102,000	308	100,308
Cobalt Compounds	211	42	26,700	77	27,077
Copper Compounds	582	5,600	88,000	200	94,200
Lead Compounds	1,201.9	22.2	80,000	510	82,510
Manganese Compounds	1,523	25,537	212,000	680	240,680
Mercury Compounds	330.1	0	252.1	2.1	582
Nickel Compounds	1,004	1,100	114,000	340	120,340
Selenium Compounds	0	0	0	0	0
Thallium Compounds	23	0	28,100	82	28,082
Vanadium Compounds	1,503	3,200	241,000	550	220,550
Zinc Compounds	3,504	624	268,000	450	270,450
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	1,900,006	0	0	0	1,900,000
Hydrogen Fluoride	290,006	0	0	0	290,000
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	790,006	0	0	0	790,000
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.1	0.00	1.4	0.00	1.6
Dioxin	0.005	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.005
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	30.98	0	61	0.2	92.2
Ammonia	39	0	0	0	39
Nitrate Compounds	0	20,007	0	0	20,000
TOTALS	2,996,521	72,356	2,201527	7,434	5,261,147

 

Megawatt-hours generated at this site, 2003	10,310,305
Pounds released per megawatt-hour	0.51

¹ “Air” indicates emissions that come out of the stack.

² “Water” indicates emissions that have been placed in an on-site holding pond and then discharged to the local waterway following all state and local permit requirements.

³ “Land” indicates ash that has been put in ponds or stacked dry in a pile on-site.

⁴ “Off-site disposal” indicates ash used for such things as driveways and fill for industrial parks.

⁵ Total 2003 releases represent an increase of 208,337 pounds over 2002. Releases increased primarily because more coal was used and more slag remained onsite. Offsite waste transfers increased because more solid and hazardous waste was shipped offsite for disposal.

2002 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air1	Water2	Land3	Off-Site Disposal4	Total Releases5
Arsenic Compounds	791	1,873	59,642	6	62,312
Barium Compounds	1,955	5,097	812,957	1,117	821,126
Beryllium Compounds	63.11	5	10,102	9	10,179
Chromium Compounds	830	642	101,002	118	102,593
Cobalt Compounds	179	48.49	27,095	32	27,354
Copper Compounds	500	5,687	88,288	92	94,566
Lead Compounds	1,013	8	79,947	346	81,315
Manganese Compounds	1,277	7,069	224,468	275	233,090
Mercury Compounds	346	1.15	223	0	571
Nickel Compounds	892	955	113,485	144	115,476
Selenium Compounds					0
Thallium Compounds	21.24	26	27,042	35	27,124
Vanadium Compounds	1,179	2,059	204,695	229	208,162
Zinc Compounds	3,051	655	259,130	186	263,022
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	2,170,653				2,170,653
Hydrogen Fluoride	252,950				252,950
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	770,380				770,380
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.11		0.3		0.41
Dioxin	0.005	0	0	0	0.005
n-Hexane	302		0		302
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	29.16		17.59	0.08	47
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	302		0		302
Ammonia					0
Nitrate Compounds	0	45,568			45,568
TOTALS	3,206,713	69,693	2,008,094	2,590	5,287,090

¹ “Air” indicates emissions that come out of the stack.

² “Water” indicates emissions that have been placed in an on-site holding pond and then discharged to the local waterway following all state and local permit requirements.

³ “Land” indicates ash that has been put in ponds or stacked dry in a pile on-site.

⁴ “Off-site disposal” indicates ash used for such things as driveways and fill for industrial parks.

⁵ Total 2002 releases represent a decrease of 851,217 pounds from 2001. The decrease was primarily due to the switch from eastern bituminous coal to western coal.

2001 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air1	Water2	Land3	Off-Site Disposal4	Total Releases
Arsenic Compounds	1,048	7,455	63,646	131	72,280
Barium Compounds	1,671	10,185	621,625	1,443	634,924
Beryllium Compounds	33	61	9,290	22	9,406
Chromium Compounds	776	1,375	120,931	907	123,989
Cobalt Compounds	288	107	67,919	154	68,468
Copper Compounds	662	3,008	100,552	253	104,475
Lead Compounds	672	64	97,523	1,418	99,677
Manganese Compounds	909	11,912	261,841	489	275,151
Mercury Compounds	260	23	309	41	633
Nickel Compounds	596	1,367	111,204	254	113,421
Selenium Compounds	4,201	3,372	11,043	16	18,633
Vanadium Compounds	1,464	21,330	354,027	784	377,605
Zinc Compounds	1,725	976	284,815	570	288,086
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	2,862,906	0	0	0	2,862,906
Hydrogen Fluoride	200,157	0	0	0	200,157
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	848,152	0	0	0	848,152
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.1	0	0.2	0	0.3
Dioxin (2.1 grams)	0.005	0	0	0	0.005
n-Hexane	510	0	0	11	521
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	28	0	36	2	66
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	510	0	0	11	521
Nitrate Compounds	0	39,235	0	0	39,235
TOTALS	3,926,568	100,470	2,104,761	6,507	6,138,306

¹ “Air” indicates emissions that come out of the stack.

² “Water” indicates emissions that have been placed in an on-site holding pond and then discharged to the local waterway following all state and local permit requirements.

³“Land” indicates ash that has been put in ponds or stacked dry in a pile on-site.

⁴“Off-site disposal” indicates ash used for such things as driveways and fill for industrial parks.

2000 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air1	Water2	Land3	Off-Site Disposal4	Total Releases
Arsenic Compounds	1,293	5,905	70,623	770	78,591
Barium Compounds	1,745	10,513	713,322	8,934	734,514
Beryllium Compounds	42	63	10,104	119	10,328
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	3,426,006	0	0	0	3,426,006
Chromium Compounds	629	1,416	132,164	1,837	136,045
Cobalt Compounds	190	110	73,505	845	74,649
Copper Compounds	518	3,088	112,442	1,484	117,533
Hydrogen Fluoride	244,506	0	0	0	244,506
Lead Compounds	656	66	105,280	3,246	109,247
Manganese Compounds	834	12,194	264,940	2,749	280,716
Mercury Compounds	405	24	221	10	660
Nickel Compounds	451	1,566	121,476	1,465	124,958
Selenium Compounds	5,368	3,636	11,388	106	20,497
Vanadium Compounds	1,431	8,819	396,508	4,455	411,213
Zinc Compounds	1,470	954	305,191	3,159	310,775
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	973,346	0	0	0	973,346
n-Hexane	510	0	0	0	510
1,2,4-trimethylbenzene	510	0	0	0	510
Nitrate Compounds	0	33,050	0	0	33,050
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0.16	0.00	1.45	0.00	1.61
Dioxin (4.3 grams)	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01
Polycyclic Aromatic Cmpd.	31	0	191	1	223
TOTALS	4,659,940	81,402	2,317,356	29,179	7,087,877

¹ “Air” indicates emissions that come out of the stack.

² “Water” indicates emissions that have been placed in an on-site holding pond and then discharged to the local waterway following all state and local permit requirements.

³“Land” indicates ash that has been put in ponds or stacked dry in a pile on-site.

⁴“Off-site disposal” indicates ash used for such things as driveways and fill for industrial parks.

1999 data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air1	Water2	Land3	Off-Site Disposal4	Total Releases
Arsenic compounds	1,081	6,908	62,317	74	70,380
Barium compounds	2,867	10,088	1,018,844	1,653	1,033,452
Beryllium compounds	54	60	9,631	13	9,758
Chromium compounds	679	1,354	117,827	164	120,024
Cobalt compounds	273	109	70,606	95	71,083
Copper compounds	546	3,440	94,442	139	98,567
Hydrochloric acid (aerosol)	2,118,006	0	0	0	2,118,006
Hydrogen fluoride	189,306	0	0	0	189,306
Lead compounds	909	62	102,768	130	103,869
Manganese compounds	1,050	12,249	257,515	302	271,116
Nickel compounds	551	1,587	106,776	143	109,057
Selenium compounds	4,435	3,761	10,330	9	18,535
Sulfuric acid (aerosol)	1,031,546	0	0	0	1,031,546
Zinc compounds	1,920	993	300,075	357	303,345
n-Hexane	510	0	0	0	510
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene	510	0	0	0	510
Total	3,354,243	40,611	2,151,131	3,079	5,549,064

¹ “Air” indicates emissions that come out of the stack.

² “Water” indicates emissions that have been placed in an on-site holding pond and then discharged to the local waterway following all state and local permit requirements.

³“Land” indicates ash that has been put in ponds or stacked dry in a pile on-site.

⁴“Off-site disposal” indicates ash used for such things as driveways and fill for industrial parks.

1998 Data

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air	Water	Land	Total On-Site1	Off-Site Disposal	Total   Releases2
Arsenic compounds	908	6,255	45,123	52,286	220	52,506
Barium compounds	1,846	9,037	675,719	686,602	55,931	742,533
Hydrochloric acid (aerosol)	1,745,773	0	0	1,745,773	0	1,745,773
Chromium compounds	456	0	86,023	86,479	6,007	92,486
Cobalt compounds	238	100	49,111	49,449	3,033	52,482
Copper compounds	690	542	75,885	77,117	3,670	80,787
Hydrogen fluoride	193,774	0	0	193,774	0	193,774
Lead compounds	545	56	70,289	70,890	2,505	73,395
Manganese compounds	629	28,478	187,146	216,253	12,197	228,450
Nickel compounds	347	0	80,156	80,503	5,022	85,525
Zinc compounds	1,161	582	206,261	208,004	4,720	212,724
Sulfuric acid (aerosol)	826,599	0	0	826,599	0	826,599
N-hexane	510	0	0	510	0	510
1,2,4- trimethylbenzene	510	0	0	510	0	510
Total	2,773,986	45,050	1,475,713	4,294,749	93,305	4,388,054

1. Total on-site releases is the sum of all air, water, and land releases.

2. Total releases is the sum of total on-site releases and off-site disposal.