Facility detail

TECUMSEH ENERGY CENTER

2ND & DUPONT RD, TECUMSEH, KS, 66542

Parent company: WESTAR ENERGY INC

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 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) Barium Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Total (lbs)
2018 17,028 — — — — 17,096
2017 16,407 — — — — 16,471
2016 16,895 — — — — 16,962
2015 86,496 8,985 — — — 96,155
2014 161,800 11,955 — — 6,540 181,521
2013 106,748 27,200 — — — 134,705
2012 84,364 29,600 — — — 114,464
2011 128,082 28,900 10,600 — — 168,530
2010 125,434 32,200 11,900 — — 170,414
2009 159,008 35,700 13,100 — 7,040 216,016
2008 159,094 36,000 13,300 — — 209,563
2007 175,952 36,800 13,600 — — 227,707
2006 123,887 30,700 11,300 — — 166,791
2005 174,280 35,200 12,900 — — 223,742
2004 155,808 26,000 12,400 — — 209,853
2003 197,398 26,700 12,800 — — 256,672
2002 211,682 24,000 84,000 — — 321,892
2001 312,316 67,000 31,000 — — 414,741
2000 — 63,000 14,000 221,700 — 298,784
1999 221,800 47,000 10,000 — — 278,800
1998 191,600 68,000 39,000 — 44,005 359,610

▎ 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.