Kent Corp
18 facilities · 11 states · 809.8K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Kent Corp is the reported parent of 18 Form R facilities across 11 states, disclosing 809.8K lbs of toxic releases. 9 of 127 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Iowa (747.1K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Kent Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Kent Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-64.6%
10 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-64.6%
202.5 thousand lb → 71.8 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 6 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Kent Corp's total reported releases fell from 202.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 71.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kent Corp's off-site transfers fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 36 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kent Corp's air releases fell from 200.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 71.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kent Corp's chemicals reported fell from 23 in 2022 to 14 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Kent Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Grain Processing Corp; Grain Processing Corp; Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Kent Nutrition Group Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Methanol; Ammonia; Formaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Indiana; Nebraska. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Furniture. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Grain Processing Corp; Grain Processing Corp; Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Kent Nutrition Group Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Methanol; Ammonia; Formaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Indiana; Nebraska. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Furniture.
Kent Corp ranks #718 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Kent Corp spans 11 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Releases are facility-concentrated: Grain Processing Corp accounts for most of Kent Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Kent Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Kent Corp sits among TRI parents
Kent Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Archer Daniels Midland Co and Freeport-McMoran Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Archer Daniels Midland Co · rank #716 · 17.3M lbs
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #717 · 16.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Kent Corp
Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Methanol; Ammonia; Formaldehyde lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Grain Processing Corp. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 438.4K lbs |
| n-Hexane | 90.5K lbs |
| Methanol | 84.8K lbs |
| Ammonia | 80.2K lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 73.2K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 6 | 747.1K lbs |
| Indiana | 2 | 60.1K lbs |
| Nebraska | 1 | 948 lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 855 lbs |
| New York | 1 | 515 lbs |
| Vermont | 1 | 250 lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 45 lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 43 lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 lbs |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (18)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Grain Processing Corp Muscatine, IA | 743.9K lbs |
| Grain Processing Corp Washington, IN | 58.6K lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Logansport, IN | 1.4K lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Sioux City, IA | 1.0K lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc. Columbus, NE | 948 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Waterloo, IA | 938 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc. Marshall, MO | 855 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Altoona, IA | 649 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group - Sheldon Sheldon, IA | 602 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Arcade, NY | 515 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Richford, VT | 250 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Beardstown, IL | 45 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc F/k/a Kent Feeds Inc Mason, MI | 43 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Ireton, IA | 2 lbs |
| Kent Corp Birmingham, AL | 0 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc F/k/a Kent Feeds Inc Rockford, IL | 0 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Hagerstown, MD | 0 lbs |
| Kent Nutrition Group Inc Bow, NH | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Kent Corp on total disclosed release pounds (809.8K lbs) and reporting facility count (18). Release-volume peers include Textron Inc, Allegheny Technologies Inc, Hb Fuller Co. Facility-count peers include American Bath Group LLC, Amsted Industries Inc, Enlink Midstream Operating LP. 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 Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Kent Corp's TRI parent record
From Kent Corp, open Grain Processing Corp or compare against Archer Daniels Midland Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Kent Corp (Grain Processing Corp in IA). Largest facility
- Compare against Freeport-McMoran Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Kent Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Archer Daniels Midland Co, Freeport-McMoran Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Kent Corp's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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