EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville
Shelbyville, IN · Parent: Poet Holding Co LLC
- Total releases
- 54.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville: how the 54.6K lbs splits
54.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 54.6K lbs 100.0%
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville's 54.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Acetaldehyde.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Shelbyville, IN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 12.1K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 54.6K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,938 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville is pounds #281 and chemical-count #135 at 54.6K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant; Knauf Insulation Inc.; Ryobi Die Casting (usa) Inc.; Culpeper. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Indiana: Cytozyme Laboratories Inc; Air Products LLC; Ennis-Flint North; Air Products & Chemicals Inc.. Other Poet Holding Co LLC sites in this extract: Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC; Poet Biorefining - Hudson; Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC; Poet Biorefining-Marion LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Acetaldehyde; n-Hexane; Acrolein; Formic acid.
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 54.6K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cytozyme Laboratories Inc and Air Products LLC.
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
55K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville: carcinogen-lbs share on Form-R
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville reports the 1,247th-largest volume (54.6K lbs). Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 68.3% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Indiana include Cytozyme Laboratories Inc and Air Products LLC.
Carcinogen-heavy means ≥50% of pounds (68.3% here), not of chemical count. EPA/IARC classification ≠ site risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville's total reported releases fell from 27.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville's air releases fell from 27.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville Form-R facts
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See how Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
33.5× more than the comparison
7.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 54.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases increased by 54% (7.8K lbs to 12.1K lbs).
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville year-over-year reported totals (increased by 54% from 2020 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Acetaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 6.8K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 27.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 12.1K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). 4 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 25.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 14.3K lbs | - |
| Acrolein | 10.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formic acid | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 675 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 0 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant, Knauf Insulation Inc., Ryobi Die Casting (usa) Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Cytozyme Laboratories Inc, Air Products LLC, Ennis-Flint North.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville on cumulative reported pounds (54.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Cytozyme Laboratories Inc, Eyelet Crafters Inc, Emcor Enclosures. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Cytozyme Laboratories Inc Salt Lake City, UT · Chemicals 54.6K lbs reported
- Eyelet Crafters Inc Waterbury, CT · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 54.6K lbs reported
- Emcor Enclosures Rochester, MN · Fabricated Metals 54.6K lbs reported
- Superalloy Manufacturing Solutions Corp Plant 2 & 3 Cincinnati, OH · Transportation Equipment 54.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Poet Holding Co LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC, Poet Biorefining - Hudson, Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Acetaldehyde, n-Hexane, Acrolein, Formic acid; nearby reporters include Freudenberg-Nok Shelbyville Plant. Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Shelbyville, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 325193 · Chemicals. 0.7% of Shelby TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cytozyme Laboratories Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Poet Biorefining - Shelbyville stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Acetaldehyde. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov