EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum Bulk Terminals
Ascentek Inc.
Saint Paul, MN · Parent: Ascentek Inc.
- Total releases
- 254 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Ascentek Inc.: how the 254 lbs splits
254 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 254 lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Ascentek Inc.'s 254 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Ascentek Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Paul, MN, in the petroleum bulk terminals sector. It reported 64 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 254 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,558 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. Ascentek Inc. is pounds #329 and chemical-count #392 at 254 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cemstone - Midway; Brenntag Great Lakes LLC; Westrock Mn Corp; Impressions Inc. Similar-scale Petroleum Bulk Terminals peers outside Minnesota: Safety Kleen Systems Inc - Ocala; Rhinehart Oil Co. Holbrook Bulk Plant; Reladyne Florida LLC; Tristar Terminals Guam Inc.. Other Ascentek Inc. sites in this extract: Ascentek Inc.; Ascentek Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
Ascentek Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 254 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety Kleen Systems Inc - Ocala and Rhinehart Oil Co. Holbrook Bulk Plant.
Ascentek Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
254 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ascentek Inc. in the Petroleum Bulk Terminals sector extract
Among the 695 Petroleum Bulk Terminals facilities in this database, Ascentek Inc. reports the 437th-largest volume (254 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Safety Kleen Systems Inc - Ocala and Rhinehart Oil Co. Holbrook Bulk Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Ascentek Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ascentek Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 254 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 111% (30 lbs to 64 lbs).
Ascentek Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ascentek Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 111% 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 30 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 47 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 54 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 59 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 64 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 254 lbs | - |
Ascentek Inc. · AIR-pathway site
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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 Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Cemstone - Midway. Ascentek Inc. stamps TRACE 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 Ascentek Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ascentek Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Paul, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 424710 · Petroleum Bulk Terminals. 0.0% of Ramsey TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Columbia Forest Products Columbia West Virginia Corp (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ascentek Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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