Wells Enterprises Inc
4 facilities · 2 states · 132.3K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Wells Enterprises Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 132.3K lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 11 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Iowa (124.8K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Wells Enterprises Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Wells Enterprises Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-80.7%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-80.7%
20.9 thousand lb → 4.0 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Wells Enterprises Inc's total reported releases fell from 20.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wells Enterprises Inc's air releases fell from 3.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wells Enterprises Inc's off-site transfers fell from 17.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Wells Enterprises Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant; Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant; Wells Enterprises Inc.; Wells Enterprises Inc Engineering Center. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nickel And Nickel Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Nevada. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. 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: Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant; Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant; Wells Enterprises Inc.; Wells Enterprises Inc Engineering Center. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Archer Daniels Midland Co; Freeport-McMoran Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nickel And Nickel Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Iowa; Nevada. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Wells Enterprises Inc ranks #1,486 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Wells Enterprises Inc files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant accounts for most of Wells Enterprises Inc's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Wells Enterprises Inc 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 Wells Enterprises Inc sits among TRI parents
Wells Enterprises Inc 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 #1,484 · 17.3M lbs
- Freeport-McMoran Inc · rank #1,485 · 16.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Wells Enterprises Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nickel And Nickel Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 3 | 124.8K lbs |
| Nevada | 1 | 7.5K lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant Le Mars, IA | 112.2K lbs |
| Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant Le Mars, IA | 12.6K lbs |
| Wells Enterprises Inc. Henderson, NV | 7.5K lbs |
| Wells Enterprises Inc Engineering Center Le Mars, IA | 0 lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Wells Enterprises Inc on total disclosed release pounds (132.3K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Interstate Chemical Co Inc, Wp Cpp Holdings LLC, Americhem Inc. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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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, Nevada; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Wells Enterprises Inc's TRI parent record
From Wells Enterprises Inc, open Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant or compare against Archer Daniels Midland Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Wells Enterprises Inc (Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant 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 Wells Enterprises Inc 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.
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Wells Enterprises Inc'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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