Facility detail

XCEL ENERGY BLACK DOG GENERATING PLANT

1400 E BLACK DOG RD, BURNSVILLE, MN, 55337

Parent company: XCEL ENERGY

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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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	Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))	Hydrogen fluoride	Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	Ammonia	Vanadium compounds	Total (lbs)
2015	35,276	—	—	40,528	—	76,198
2014	48,649	9,500	18,000	59,526	1,966	138,150
2013	63,760	—	6,300	1,254	—	71,846
2012	85,053	23,000	10,000	—	3,202	121,943
2011	59,995	23,000	9,900	197	2,304	95,948
2010	57,120	24,000	8,700	241	2,410	93,041
2009	2,411	24,000	8,700	1,320	—	36,612
2008	2,220	32,000	11,000	23	125	45,749
2007	61,720	33,000	12,000	30	—	107,519
2006	61,520	35,005	13,005	10	2,055	112,387
2005	64,224	29,005	13,005	10	2,075	108,984
2004	58,715	26,005	9,905	255	—	95,461
2003	54,535	24,641	8,091	—	—	87,904
2002	56,498	24,005	5,905	—	—	87,030
2001	45,144	17,005	—	—	—	62,692
2000	54,590	25,005	6,205	—	1,688	87,543
1999	55,440	17,005	5,505	—	—	77,950
1998	31,540	25,005	6,205	—	—	62,750

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