Facility detail

XCEL ENERGY BAY FRONT PLANT

122 N 14TH AVE W, ASHLAND, WI, 54806

Parent company: XCEL ENERGY

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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)) Zinc compounds Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Total (lbs)
2021 998 — — 99 — 1,176
2020 978 — — 134 — 1,210
2019 3,342 — — 145 — 3,566
2018 4,318 — — 124 — 4,516
2017 4,650 — 12 132 — 4,863
2016 4,269 — 10 111 — 4,454
2015 4,848 2,305 11 136 — 7,365
2014 31,005 6,954 131 212 — 38,563
2013 24,005 5,871 177 295 — 30,697
2012 24,460 4,978 186 255 — 30,441
2011 24,533 4,555 250 255 — 30,193
2010 24,291 4,075 250 255 — 29,470
2009 25,181 4,135 750 255 — 30,935
2008 25,752 — 750 255 — 27,372
2007 14,000 — 750 755 — 16,135
2006 17,700 — 2,490 255 16,300 37,352
2005 8,050 — 1,800 255 — 10,724
2004 11,900 — 1,010 255 — 13,778
2003 9,430 — 1,170 255 — 11,335
2002 21,125 — 505 500 — 22,661
2001 22,349 — 1,005 500 — 24,619
2000 35,436 — 250 500 — 36,694
1999 53,257 — 8,580 13,202 — 80,250
1998 57,004 — 436 256 — 58,009

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