Western Plains Energy LLC
Total reported releases 5k lb fell sharply year over year (-41%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
3022 COUNTY RD 18, Oakley, Kansas · 325193 · Chemicals
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2011.
Acrolein
Acrolein concentrations have more than halved since 2011.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations are up 62% since 2022.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Gove County County, KS (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 2,758. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.