EPA TRI Facility · Food
Morton Salt Inc
Manistee, MI · Parent: Morton Salt Inc
- Total releases
- 2.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Morton Salt Inc: how the 2.1K lbs splits
2.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.9K lbs 90.0%
- Off-site Transfers 207 lbs 10.0%
Morton Salt Inc's 2.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 90.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 10.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Morton Salt Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Manistee, MI, in the food sector. It reported 23 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 2.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,742 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Morton Salt Inc is pounds #489 and chemical-count #389 at 2.1K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Packaging Corp of America; T.e.s. Filer City Station; Great Lakes Castings LLC; House of Flavors. Similar-scale Food peers outside Michigan: Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Mayfield Dairy; Perdue Foods LLC - Milford Processing Plant; Prince Agri Products Inc; Chemstar Products Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury.
Morton Salt Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (90.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Mayfield Dairy and Perdue Foods LLC - Milford Processing Plant.
Morton Salt Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.1K lbs Top 49% higher than 51% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Morton Salt Inc: Lead compounds-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Morton Salt Inc reports the 1,119th-largest volume (2.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead compounds alone is 62.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Mayfield Dairy and Perdue Foods LLC - Milford Processing Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Morton Salt Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Lead compounds at 62.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Morton Salt Inc's total reported releases fell from 56 lb in 2022 to 23 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Morton Salt Inc's off-site transfers fell from 34 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Morton Salt Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Morton Salt Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 97% (674 lbs to 23 lbs).
Morton Salt Inc: 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 Morton Salt Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 97% 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: Lead compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 674 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 680 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 642 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 56 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 23 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 693 lbs | - |
| Mercury | 94 lbs | - |
Morton Salt Inc · AIR-pathway site
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Mayfield Dairy, Perdue Foods LLC - Milford Processing Plant, Prince Agri Products Inc.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Morton Salt Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Twin City Die Castings Co, Lilli Gas Plant, Plant #20. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury; nearby reporters include Packaging Corp of America. Morton Salt Inc stamps LIGHT 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 Morton Salt Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Morton Salt Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Manistee, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311942 · Food. 0.1% of Manistee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Twin City Die Castings Co (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Morton Salt Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Lead 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