EPA TRI Facility · Food
Furst McNess Co
Storm Lake, IA · Parent: Easy USA Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 1.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Furst McNess Co: how the 1.0K lbs splits
1.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 914 lbs 89.0%
- Air Releases 113 lbs 11.0%
Furst McNess Co's 1.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 89.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 11.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Furst McNess Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Storm Lake, IA, in the food sector. It reported 1.0K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 13,827 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. Furst McNess Co is pounds #312 and chemical-count #218 at 1.0K 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: Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Rembrandt Enterprises Inc.; Valero Renewable Fuels Albert City*. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Givaudan Flavors Corp; Prince Agri Products Inc.; Post Consumer Brands LLC; Chs Nutrition Norfolk. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Copper compounds; Manganese compounds.
Furst McNess Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (89.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Givaudan Flavors Corp and Prince Agri Products Inc..
Furst McNess Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.0K lbs 47th percentile higher than 47% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Furst McNess Co: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Furst McNess Co reports the 1,167th-largest volume (1.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Givaudan Flavors Corp and Prince Agri Products Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Furst McNess Co's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Furst McNess Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Furst McNess Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (517 lbs to 0 lbs).
Furst McNess Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Furst McNess Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 517 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 510 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Furst McNess Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Furst McNess Co
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Rembrandt Enterprises Inc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Givaudan Flavors Corp, Prince Agri Products Inc., Post Consumer Brands LLC.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Furst McNess Co on cumulative reported pounds (1.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Nucor Steel Memphis Processing, Kalas Manufacturing Inc Plant 2, Givaudan Flavors Corp. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Nucor Steel Memphis Processing Memphis, TN · Fabricated Metals 1.0K lbs reported
- Kalas Manufacturing Inc Plant 2 Denver, PA · Primary Metals 1.0K lbs reported
- Givaudan Flavors Corp Florence, KY · Food 1.0K lbs reported
- Efficient Machine Products Strongsville, OH · Fabricated Metals 1.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Zinc compounds, Copper compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Hillshire Brands Plant-Wholly Owned Sub of Tyson Foods Inc. Furst McNess Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Furst McNess Co TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Furst McNess Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Storm Lake, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 0.2% of Buena Vista TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nucor Steel Memphis Processing (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Furst McNess Co stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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