EPA TRI Facility · Electrical Equipment
3M Co - New Ulm
New Ulm, MN · Parent: 3M Co
- Total releases
- 11.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
3M Co - New Ulm: how the 11.4K lbs splits
11.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 11.4K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 3 lbs <0.1%
3M Co - New Ulm's 11.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Antimony compounds.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
3M Co - New Ulm is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Ulm, MN, in the electrical equipment sector. It reported 100 lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 11.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,538 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. 3M Co - New Ulm is pounds #206 and chemical-count #26 at 11.4K lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Associated Milk Producers Inc.; North American Pipe & Precast; Heartland Corn Products; Poet Biorefining Lake Crystal. Similar-scale Electrical Equipment peers outside Minnesota: Progress Rail Manufacturing Corp.; Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites; Eurotranciatura USA; Toray Cma Inc. Sc. Other 3M Co sites in this extract: 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility; 3M Co - Tonawanda; 3M Co - Little Rock; 3M Co-Hutchinson. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Antimony compounds; Lead compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Zinc compounds.
3M Co - New Ulm stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 11 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Progress Rail Manufacturing Corp. and Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites.
3M Co - New Ulm vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
3M Co - New Ulm inside Brown's TRI pounds
Among the 566 Electrical Equipment facilities in this database, 3M Co - New Ulm reports the 173rd-largest volume (11.4K lbs). This one site accounts for 48.6% of every pound reported in Brown. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Progress Rail Manufacturing Corp. and Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Brown's reported pounds (23.4K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- 3M Co - New Ulm's total reported releases fell from 161 lb in 2022 to 100 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- 3M Co - New Ulm's off-site transfers fell from 160 lb in 2022 to 99 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- 3M Co - New Ulm's chemicals reported rose from 5 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
3M Co - New Ulm Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How 3M Co - New Ulm releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 99% (10.2K lbs to 100 lbs).
3M Co - New Ulm: 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 3M Co - New Ulm year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 99% 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: Antimony compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 10.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 946 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 161 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 100 lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Antimony compounds | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 2.8K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 2.8K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 1.5K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 945 lbs | - |
| Copper | 306 lbs | - |
| Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 69 lbs | - |
| Lead | 18 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury compounds | 4 lbs | - |
| Mercury | 4 lbs | - |
| Diisocyanates | 0 lbs | - |
3M Co - New Ulm · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to 3M Co - New Ulm
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Associated Milk Producers Inc., North American Pipe & Precast, Heartland Corn Products, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electrical Equipment Facilities
Other Electrical Equipment facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Progress Rail Manufacturing Corp., Mitsubishi Chemical Carbon Fiber & Composites, Eurotranciatura USA.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest 3M Co - New Ulm on cumulative reported pounds (11.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include Sanofi Pasteur Inc, Hiland Dairy Co, Gvs Filtration. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
Other 3M Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility, 3M Co - Tonawanda, 3M Co - Little Rock.
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 Antimony compounds, Lead compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Associated Milk Producers Inc.. 3M Co - New Ulm stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 3M Co - New Ulm TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Antimony compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
3M Co - New Ulm totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Ulm, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 335931 · Electrical Equipment. 48.6% of Brown TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sanofi Pasteur Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
3M Co - New Ulm stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Antimony 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