Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
MCDONOUGH/ATKINSON STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
5551 S COBB DR SE, ATLANTA, GA, 30339
Parent company: SOUTHERN CO
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Ammonia | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | Hydrogen fluoride | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | 180,069 | — | — | — | 180,069 |
| 2023 | — | 640,113 | — | — | — | 640,113 |
| 2022 | — | 620,130 | — | — | — | 620,130 |
| 2021 | — | 560,082 | — | — | — | 560,082 |
| 2020 | — | 550,150 | — | — | — | 550,150 |
| 2019 | — | 590,180 | — | — | — | 590,180 |
| 2018 | — | 460,054 | — | — | — | 460,054 |
| 2017 | — | 410,230 | — | — | — | 410,230 |
| 2016 | — | 460,080 | — | — | — | 460,080 |
| 2015 | — | 390,030 | — | — | — | 390,030 |
| 2014 | — | 310,050 | — | — | — | 310,050 |
| 2013 | — | 160,670 | — | — | — | 160,670 |
| 2012 | — | 111,860 | — | — | — | 112,120 |
| 2011 | 360,000 | 50 | 270,000 | 160,750 | 130,000 | 1,145,177 |
| 2010 | 170,000 | — | 230,000 | 157,610 | 130,000 | 902,280 |
| 2009 | 300,000 | — | 220,000 | 145,630 | 120,000 | 983,963 |
| 2008 | 650,000 | — | 310,000 | 252,700 | 240,000 | 1,781,418 |
| 2007 | 460,000 | — | 350,000 | 271,960 | 270,000 | 1,754,043 |
| 2006 | 620,000 | — | 350,000 | 285,600 | 230,000 | 1,867,048 |
| 2005 | 830,000 | — | 340,000 | 241,889 | 220,000 | 1,992,887 |
| 2004 | 570,000 | — | 290,000 | 221,520 | 210,000 | 1,626,734 |
| 2003 | 1,472,685 | — | 309,236 | 154,155 | 137,868 | 2,384,918 |
| 2002 | 4,002,291 | — | 304,159 | 141,226 | 124,318 | 4,800,824 |
| 2001 | 2,858,873 | — | 318,820 | 133,252 | 96,024 | 3,617,840 |
| 2000 | 3,226,005 | — | 385,545 | 64,978 | 154,717 | 3,921,567 |
| 1999 | 3,564,018 | — | 206,079 | 184,322 | 156,563 | 4,273,894 |
| 1998 | 2,571,755 | — | 244,086 | 205,665 | 201,348 | 3,415,350 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.