EPA TRI Facility · Food
Essentia Protein Solutions
Harlan, IA · Parent: The Lauridsen Group Inc
- Total releases
- 50 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Essentia Protein Solutions: how the 50 lbs splits
50 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 50 lbs 100.0%
Essentia Protein Solutions's 50 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: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Essentia Protein Solutions is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Harlan, IA, in the food sector. It reported 10 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 50 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,185 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Essentia Protein Solutions is pounds #387 and chemical-count #417 at 50 lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Central Iowa Ready Mix; Elite Octane LLC; Mahle Engine Components USA Inc; Central Iowa Ready Mix. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Apc Sublette; Michigan Dairy; Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co; Anderson Dairy. Other The Lauridsen Group Inc sites in this extract: Proliant Dairy Michigan LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Essentia Protein Solutions stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 50 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Apc Sublette and Michigan Dairy.
Essentia Protein Solutions vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
50 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Essentia Protein Solutions inside Shelby's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Essentia Protein Solutions reports the 1,286th-largest volume (50 lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Shelby. Scale peers outside Iowa include Apc Sublette and Michigan Dairy.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Shelby's reported pounds (50 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Essentia Protein Solutions Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Essentia Protein Solutions releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 50 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (10 lbs to 10 lbs).
Essentia Protein Solutions: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Essentia Protein Solutions year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 50 lbs | - |
Essentia Protein Solutions · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Essentia Protein Solutions
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Central Iowa Ready Mix, Elite Octane LLC, Mahle Engine Components USA Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 459 other reporting facilities in Iowa.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Apc Sublette, Michigan Dairy, Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co.
Other The Lauridsen Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Proliant Dairy Michigan 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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Central Iowa Ready Mix. Essentia Protein Solutions stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Essentia Protein Solutions TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Essentia Protein Solutions totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Harlan, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311999 · Food. 100% of Shelby TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Adient Pulaski (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Essentia Protein Solutions stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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