EPA TRI Facility · Food
Brakebush Brothers Inc
Wells, MN
- Total releases
- 6.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Brakebush Brothers Inc: how the 6.7K lbs splits
6.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.7K lbs 99.8%
- Air Releases 15 lbs 0.2%
Brakebush Brothers Inc's 6.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Brakebush Brothers Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wells, MN, in the food sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 6.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,636 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. Brakebush Brothers Inc is pounds #230 and chemical-count #265 at 6.7K 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: Ccm - Wells; Wells Concrete Products; Lou-Rich Inc; Albert Lea Electroplating. Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant; West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant; House of Raeford Farms Inc Wallace Div; Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Brakebush Brothers Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.8% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant and West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant.
Brakebush Brothers Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.7K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Brakebush Brothers Inc: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Brakebush Brothers Inc reports the 992nd-largest volume (6.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant and West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Brakebush Brothers Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Brakebush Brothers Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Brakebush Brothers Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (6.7K lbs to 5 lbs).
Brakebush Brothers Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Brakebush Brothers Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 | 6.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 lbs | 1 |
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) | 6.7K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 15 lbs | - |
Brakebush Brothers Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant, West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant, House of Raeford Farms Inc Wallace Div.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Brakebush Brothers Inc on cumulative reported pounds (6.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Borden & Remington Corp, Pacific Ethanol Madera LLC, Brenntag Mid-South Inc. 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.
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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 Ccm - Wells. Brakebush Brothers Inc 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.
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This Brakebush Brothers Inc 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.
Brakebush Brothers Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wells, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 1.6% of Faribault TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Borden & Remington Corp (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Brakebush Brothers Inc 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