Chs Inc
22 facilities · 13 states · 8.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Chs Inc is the reported parent of 22 Form R facilities across 13 states, disclosing 8.5M lbs of toxic releases. 16 of 137 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Minnesota (6.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Chs Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Chs Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-10.8%
20 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-10.8%
1.6 million lb → 1.4 million lb, every facility that filed
- Chs Inc's total reported releases fell from 1.6 million lb in 2022 to 1.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chs Inc's water releases rose from 10.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 46.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chs Inc's land releases fell from 82.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Chs Inc's off-site transfers rose from 10.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
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Largest Form R sites under this parent: Chs Mankato; Chs Fairmont; Chs Hallock; Chs Inc. Laurel Refinery. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC; Sdw Holdings Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Acetaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Montana; Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Petroleum; Chemicals. 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: Chs Mankato; Chs Fairmont; Chs Hallock; Chs Inc. Laurel Refinery. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC; Sdw Holdings Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Acetaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Minnesota; Montana; Kansas. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Petroleum; Chemicals.
Chs Inc ranks #177 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Chs Inc spans 13 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Chs Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 22 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Chs Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Xcel Energy; Allete Inc; Farmers Union Industries LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Chs Inc sits among TRI parents
Chs Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Xcel Energy and Allete Inc and Farmers Union Industries LLC and Sdw Holdings Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Xcel Energy · rank #175 · 22.8M lbs
- Allete Inc · rank #176 · 11.9M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Farmers Union Industries LLC · rank #178 · 6.1M lbs
- Sdw Holdings Corp · rank #179 · 5.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Chs Inc
n-Hexane; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Acetaldehyde lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Chs Mankato. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 7.0M lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 321.0K lbs |
| Ammonia | 302.3K lbs |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 209.4K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 105.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 4 | 6.6M lbs |
| Montana | 2 | 816.2K lbs |
| Kansas | 1 | 810.0K lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 247.1K lbs |
| Iowa | 1 | 13.2K lbs |
| South Dakota | 3 | 4.6K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 1.0K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 501 lbs |
| Oregon | 2 | 0 lbs |
| North Dakota | 2 | 0 lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (22)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Chs Mankato Mankato, MN | 3.2M lbs |
| Chs Fairmont Fairmont, MN | 2.3M lbs |
| Chs Hallock Kennedy, MN | 1.2M lbs |
| Chs Inc. Laurel Refinery Laurel, MT | 816.2K lbs |
| Chs McPherson Refinery - Sru Mcpherson, KS | 810.0K lbs |
| Chs Rochelle Rochelle, IL | 123.7K lbs |
| Patriot Renewable Fuels LLC DBA Chs Inc. Annawan, IL | 123.4K lbs |
| Chs Shenandoah Feed Shenandoah, IA | 13.2K lbs |
| Chs Corson Feed Corson, SD | 4.6K lbs |
| Chs Inc Lubricants Plant Inver Grove Heights, MN | 1.5K lbs |
| Chs Nutrition Norfolk Norfolk, NE | 1.0K lbs |
| Chs Inc Amarillo, TX | 501 lbs |
| Chs Hermiston Feed Hermiston, OR | 0 lbs |
| Chs Nutrition Tillamook Tillamook, OR | 0 lbs |
| Chs Great Falls Feed Great Falls, MT | 0 lbs |
| Chs Dickinson Feed Dickinson, ND | 0 lbs |
| Chs Edgeley Feed Edgeley, ND | 0 lbs |
| Chs Gettysburg Feed Gettysburg, SD | 0 lbs |
| Chs Farmers Alliance - Corsica Feed Corsica, SD | 0 lbs |
| Chs Larsen Cooperative - Weyauwega Feed Weyauwega, WI | 0 lbs |
| Chs Inc - Holland Feed Mill Holland, MI | 0 lbs |
| Chs Inc Kenton Lube Plant Kenton, OH | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Chs Inc on total disclosed release pounds (8.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (22). Release-volume peers include East Kentucky Power Cooperative Inc, Chevron Phillips Chemical Co LLC, W R Grace & Co. Facility-count peers include Avient Corp, Carlisle Cos Inc, Energy Transfer Partners LP. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Minnesota, Montana, Kansas; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Chs Inc's TRI parent record
From Chs Inc, open Chs Mankato or compare against Xcel Energy rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Chs Inc (Chs Mankato in MN). Largest facility
- Compare against Allete Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Chs Inc 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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