Total reported releases 670k lb more than doubled year over year (+90%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
3195 PINE HALL RD, Walnut Cove, North Carolina · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Duke Energy CORP
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) releases at Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Belews Creek Steam Station rose from 75k lb to 290k lb (3.9×) between 2023 and 2024.
Vanadium compounds releases at Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Belews Creek Steam Station rose from 19k lb to 30k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) releases at Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Belews Creek Steam Station rose from 52k lb to 82k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at Duke Energy Carolinas LLC - Belews Creek Steam Station 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 have fallen 20% since 2010.
n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2021.
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrogen fluoride concentrations have fallen 39% since 2010.
Vanadium compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Manganese 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.
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 769. 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.