Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
MCINTOSH ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT
981 OLD AUGUSTA RD, RINCON, GA, 31326
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 | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Hydrogen fluoride | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | — | 88,020 | — | — | — | 88,020 |
| 2023 | — | 600,088 | — | — | — | 600,088 |
| 2022 | — | 600,020 | — | — | — | 600,020 |
| 2021 | — | 530,032 | — | — | — | 530,032 |
| 2020 | — | 240,020 | — | — | — | 240,020 |
| 2019 | — | 121,713 | — | — | — | 121,807 |
| 2018 | — | 120,684 | — | — | — | 120,812 |
| 2017 | — | 100,614 | — | — | — | 100,742 |
| 2016 | — | 270,021 | — | — | — | 270,167 |
| 2015 | — | 230,451 | 63,567 | — | — | 294,647 |
| 2014 | 110,000 | 410,021 | 65,330 | 14,000 | — | 600,234 |
| 2013 | — | 440,020 | — | — | — | 440,210 |
| 2012 | — | 180,076 | — | — | — | 180,076 |
| 2011 | — | 200,076 | — | — | — | 200,642 |
| 2010 | — | 370,110 | 32,190 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 446,586 |
| 2009 | — | 250,000 | — | — | — | 250,048 |
| 2008 | 510,000 | 250,026 | 91,410 | 28,000 | 43,000 | 924,994 |
| 2007 | 31,000 | 270,019 | 55,180 | 21,000 | — | 377,801 |
| 2006 | 190,000 | 240,026 | 43,710 | 33,000 | 67,000 | 592,232 |
| 2005 | 350,000 | 142,130 | 29,400 | 31,000 | 67,000 | 659,765 |
| 2004 | 1,100,000 | — | 55,091 | 48,000 | 79,000 | 1,382,912 |
| 2003 | 967,814 | — | 58,318 | 50,857 | 45,681 | 1,138,987 |
| 2002 | 1,085,314 | — | 19,190 | 42,397 | 44,717 | 1,213,904 |
| 2001 | 1,108,107 | — | 16,117 | 45,089 | 33,360 | 1,216,455 |
| 2000 | 704,714 | — | 76,776 | 105,275 | — | 932,172 |
| 1999 | 401,204 | — | 16,619 | 55,959 | 48,362 | 522,144 |
| 1998 | 348,125 | — | 54,177 | 29,317 | 64,672 | 496,291 |
▎ 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.