Total reported releases
Total reported releases at French Island Plant have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
French Island Plant
Total reported releases 235k lb rose modestly year over year (+9%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
200 S BAINBRIDGE ST, La Crosse, Wisconsin · 221117 · Electric Utilities · operated by Xcel Energy
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) releases at French Island Plant rose from 4k lb to 19k lb (5.1×) between 2023 and 2024.
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Copper And Copper Compounds
Copper And Copper Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Manganese And Manganese Compounds
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations are up 23% since 2010.
Barium And Barium Compounds
Barium And Barium Compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2013.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations are up 38% since 2010.
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have fallen 29% since 2010.
Mercury And Mercury Compounds
Mercury And Mercury Compounds concentrations are up 49% since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (37 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 36,011. Why we surface this →
52.2%
Low-income
12.8%
People of color
3.6%
Under age 5
12.0%
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.