EPA TRI Facility · Food
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant
Le Mars, IA · Parent: Wells Enterprises Inc
- Total releases
- 12.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant: how the 12.6K lbs splits
12.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 12.6K lbs 100.0%
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant's 12.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Le Mars, IA, in the food sector. It reported 2.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 12.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,304 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. Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant is pounds #234 and chemical-count #275 at 12.6K 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: Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars; Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant; Plymouth Energy LLC; Diamond Vogel Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Pilgrim's Pride Ellijay Processing Plant; Cargill Value Added Meats; Nutra Blend Corp; Frito-Lay Inc.(f/k/a Frito-Lay North America). Other Wells Enterprises Inc sites in this extract: Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant; Wells Enterprises Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pilgrim's Pride Ellijay Processing Plant and Cargill Value Added Meats.
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13K lbs Top 36% higher than 64% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant reports the 905th-largest volume (12.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Pilgrim's Pride Ellijay Processing Plant and Cargill Value Added Meats.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant's total reported releases rose from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant's off-site transfers rose from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 1% (2.6K lbs to 2.5K lbs).
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant: 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 Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 1% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 2.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 12.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars, Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant, Plymouth Energy LLC, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant on cumulative reported pounds (12.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Contech Engineered Solutions LLC, Gm Components Holdings LLC, Martin Operating Ptnr-Stanolind. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Contech Engineered Solutions LLC Winchester, KY · Fabricated Metals 12.6K lbs reported
- Gm Components Holdings LLC Lockport, NY · Transportation Equipment 12.6K lbs reported
- Martin Operating Ptnr-Stanolind Beaumont, TX · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 12.6K lbs reported
- Reg Madison LLC De Forest, WI · Chemicals 12.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars. Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant 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.
Use and verify this record
This Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Le Mars, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311520 · Food. 7.1% of Plymouth TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Contech Engineered Solutions LLC (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wells Enterprises Inc North Ice Cream Plant stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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