EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility
New Hope, MN · Parent: Avient Corp
- Total releases
- 13.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility: how the 13.9K lbs splits
13.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 13.9K lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 38 lbs 0.3%
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility's 13.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in New Hope, MN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 1.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 13.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,063 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. Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility is pounds #196 and chemical-count #189 at 13.9K 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: Avtec Finishing Systems Inc; Abelconn Llc.; Medtronic Apv; Pioneer Metal Finishing. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Minnesota: Sun Chemical Corp; Basf Corp; Americhem Inc Mtx; Western Dubuque Biodiesel LLC. Other Avient Corp sites in this extract: Avient Corp; Glasforms Inc; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility; Avient Colorants USA LLC - Albion Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.7% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sun Chemical Corp and Basf Corp.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility reports the 1,902nd-largest volume (13.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Sun Chemical Corp and Basf Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility's total reported releases fell from 3.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility's off-site transfers fell from 3.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility 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 Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 57% (655 lbs to 1.0K lbs).
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility: 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 Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility year-over-year reported totals (increased by 57% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 655 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 3.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 13.9K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Avtec Finishing Systems Inc, Abelconn Llc., Medtronic Apv, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility on cumulative reported pounds (13.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Sun Chemical Corp, US Dod Usaf Academy, Tarr Acquisition LLC. 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.
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 Avient Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Avient Corp, Glasforms Inc, Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility.
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 Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Avtec Finishing Systems Inc. Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility 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 Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for New Hope, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325991 · Chemicals. 0.3% of Hennepin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sun Chemical Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Avient Colorants USA LLC - Minneapolis Facility stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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