Total reported releases 656k lb held roughly steady year over year (+1%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
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Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) releases at Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant rose from 280k lb to 430k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Manganese And Manganese Compounds releases at Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant fell from 71k lb to 23k lb (67% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Barium And Barium Compounds releases at Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant fell from 90k lb to 42k lb (53% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Barium And Barium Compounds at Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 6. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Barium And Barium Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Nickel And Nickel Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrogen fluoride concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Within 3 miles of this facility (5 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 7,602. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.