3M Co
43 facilities · 23 states · 13.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, 3M Co is the reported parent of 43 Form R facilities across 23 states, disclosing 13.8M lbs of toxic releases. 33 of 361 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (4.4M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for 3M Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for 3M Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+22.3%
37 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+22.3%
2.4 million lb → 2.9 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 2 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- 3M Co's total reported releases rose from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 2.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- 3M Co's water releases rose from 203.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 601.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- 3M Co's land releases rose from 322.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 539.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- 3M Co's chemicals reported rose from 77 in 2022 to 88 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read 3M Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility; 3M Co - Tonawanda; 3M Co - Little Rock; 3M Co-Hutchinson. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Chs Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Carbon disulfide; Zinc compounds; Xylene (mixed isomers). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Wisconsin; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Plastics and Rubber; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Paper. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility; 3M Co - Tonawanda; 3M Co - Little Rock; 3M Co-Hutchinson. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Chs Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Toluene; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Carbon disulfide; Zinc compounds; Xylene (mixed isomers). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Wisconsin; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Chemicals; Plastics and Rubber; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Paper.
3M Co ranks #123 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. 3M Co spans 23 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. 3M Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 43 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for 3M Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Chs Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where 3M Co sits among TRI parents
3M Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Xcel Energy and Allete Inc and Chs Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Xcel Energy · rank #121 · 22.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Allete Inc · rank #124 · 11.9M lbs
- Chs Inc · rank #125 · 6.6M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by 3M Co
Toluene; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Carbon disulfide; Zinc compounds; Xylene (mixed isomers) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Toluene | 2.1M lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.9M lbs |
| Carbon disulfide | 1.8M lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 1.5M lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 755.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 5 | 4.4M lbs |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 1.6M lbs |
| New York | 1 | 1.6M lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 1.5M lbs |
| Missouri | 3 | 1.3M lbs |
| Alabama | 2 | 1.1M lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 634.2K lbs |
| Texas | 2 | 628.3K lbs |
| Iowa | 2 | 530.4K lbs |
| North Carolina | 1 | 169.1K lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 123.8K lbs |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 110.6K lbs |
| Indiana | 2 | 60.8K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 39.3K lbs |
| South Carolina | 1 | 27.3K lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 22.2K lbs |
| Tennessee | 1 | 10.7K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 9.6K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 8.3K lbs |
| California | 3 | 6.3K lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 3.8K lbs |
| Delaware | 1 | 38 lbs |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (43)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility Cottage Grove, MN | 3.0M lbs |
| 3M Co - Tonawanda Tonawanda, NY | 1.6M lbs |
| 3M Co - Little Rock Little Rock, AR | 1.5M lbs |
| 3M Co-Hutchinson Hutchinson, MN | 1.1M lbs |
| 3M Chemical Operations' Decatur Facility Decatur, AL | 907.5K lbs |
| 3M Co - Menomonie Menomonie, WI | 795.2K lbs |
| 3M Co - Nevada Nevada, MO | 711.9K lbs |
| 3M Chemical Operations' Cordova Facility Cordova, IL | 634.2K lbs |
| 3M Co - Brownwood Brownwood, TX | 628.3K lbs |
| 3M Co - Springfield Springfield, MO | 543.8K lbs |
| 3M Co - Knoxville Knoxville, IA | 499.0K lbs |
| 3M Co - Wausau Downtown Wausau, WI | 385.7K lbs |
| 3M Co-Alexandria Alexandria, MN | 308.7K lbs |
| 3M Co - Wausau - Greystone Wausau, WI | 182.3K lbs |
| 3M Co-Pittsboro Moncure, NC | 169.1K lbs |
| 3M Co - Guin Guin, AL | 168.0K lbs |
| 3M Cumberland Cumberland, WI | 152.6K lbs |
| 3M Co - Cynthiana Cynthiana, KY | 123.7K lbs |
| 3M Co Chelmsford Chelmsford, MA | 81.4K lbs |
| 3M Co-Prairie Du Chien Bldg 50 Prairie Du Chien, WI | 72.8K lbs |
| 3M Co - Hartford City Hartford City, IN | 48.3K lbs |
| 3M Co - Medina Medina, OH | 39.3K lbs |
| 3M (minnesota Mining & Mfg Co) - Ames Ames, IA | 31.4K lbs |
| 3M Co Rockland, MA | 29.3K lbs |
| 3M Co H & Cc Div Prairie Du Chien, WI | 28.5K lbs |
| 3M Co-Greenville Greenville, SC | 27.3K lbs |
| 3M Technical Ceramics Inc. Quapaw, OK | 22.2K lbs |
| Aearo Technologies LLC Indianapolis, IN | 12.6K lbs |
| 3M Co - New Ulm New Ulm, MN | 11.4K lbs |
| 3M Co DBA 3M Clinton Clinton, TN | 10.7K lbs |
| 3M Co-Valley Valley, NE | 9.6K lbs |
| 3M Co-Detroit Detroit, MI | 8.3K lbs |
| 3M Co - Monrovia Tape Monrovia, CA | 5.7K lbs |
| 3M Co-Columbia Columbia, MO | 4.9K lbs |
| 3M Aston Chester Township, PA | 3.8K lbs |
| 3M Co - Corona Corona, CA | 553 lbs |
| 3M Co-Fairmont Fairmont, MN | 198 lbs |
| 3M Technical Ceramics Lexington, KY | 120 lbs |
| Aearo Technologies LLC Newark, DE | 38 lbs |
| 3M Oak Hills Oak Hills, CA | 0 lbs |
| 3M Co Aberdeen, SD | 0 lbs |
| 3M/ Royersford Royersford, PA | 0 lbs |
| 3M Angleton Angleton, TX | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest 3M Co on total disclosed release pounds (13.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (43). Release-volume peers include Syngenta Corp, Ag Processing Inc, Cvr Energy Inc. Facility-count peers include Westlake Corp, Basf Corp, Eaton Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Minnesota, Wisconsin, New York; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with 3M Co's TRI parent record
From 3M Co, open 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility or compare against Xcel Energy rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for 3M Co (3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Xcel Energy, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where 3M Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Xcel Energy, Allete Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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