EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Poet Biorefining-Corning
Corning, IA · Parent: Poet Holding Co LLC
- Total releases
- 57.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Poet Biorefining-Corning: how the 57.4K lbs splits
57.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 57.4K lbs 100.0%
Poet Biorefining-Corning's 57.4K 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-Corning is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Corning, IA, in the chemicals sector. It reported 12.7K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 57.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,816 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. Poet Biorefining-Corning is pounds #165 and chemical-count #82 at 57.4K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Precision Pulley & Idler Inc Corning Plants; Precision Pulley & Idler Inc; Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc; Novae LLC - Prison Facility. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Iowa: Dover Chemical Hammond Works; Solvay Fluorides LLC; Engineered Polymer Solutions Inc.; Arxada LLC. 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; Methanol; Formaldehyde.
Poet Biorefining-Corning stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 8 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 57.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dover Chemical Hammond Works and Solvay Fluorides LLC.
Poet Biorefining-Corning vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
57K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Poet Biorefining-Corning inside Adams's TRI pounds
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Poet Biorefining-Corning reports the 1,225th-largest volume (57.4K lbs). This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Adams. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 53.9% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Iowa include Dover Chemical Hammond Works and Solvay Fluorides LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Adams's reported pounds (57.5K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Poet Biorefining-Corning's total reported releases rose from 12.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Poet Biorefining-Corning's air releases rose from 12.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Poet Biorefining-Corning Form-R facts
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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-Corning releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 57.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 26% (10.1K lbs to 12.7K lbs).
Poet Biorefining-Corning: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Poet Biorefining-Corning year-over-year reported totals (increased by 26% 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: Acetaldehyde.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 10.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 12.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 12.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 12.7K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 8 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 22.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Hexane | 14.6K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 11.6K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 6.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acrolein | 1.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 180 lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 177 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 152 lbs | Carcinogen |
Poet Biorefining-Corning · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Poet Biorefining-Corning
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Precision Pulley & Idler Inc Corning Plants, Precision Pulley & Idler Inc, Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Poet Biorefining-Corning on cumulative reported pounds (57.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Skyline Composite, Dover Chemical Hammond Works, Diamond Cryo. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive LLC. 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.
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, Methanol, Formaldehyde; nearby reporters include Precision Pulley & Idler Inc Corning Plants. Poet Biorefining-Corning 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-Corning 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-Corning totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Corning, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325193 · Chemicals. more than 99.9% of Adams TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Skyline Composite (Δ 59 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Poet Biorefining-Corning 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