EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Compass Minerals America Inc
Duluth, MN · Parent: Compass Minerals International Inc
- Total releases
- 8.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Compass Minerals America Inc: how the 8.0K lbs splits
8.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 7.4K lbs 91.9%
- Air Releases 649 lbs 8.1%
Compass Minerals America Inc's 8.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 8.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Compass Minerals America Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Duluth, MN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 2.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 8.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,288 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. Compass Minerals America Inc is pounds #222 and chemical-count #192 at 8.0K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc; Altec Industries Inc.; Duluth Paper Mill; Hibbard Renewable Energy Center. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Minnesota: Exelead Inc.; Gcp Applied Technologies Inc; Badger Mining Corp Merrillan Coating Plants; Videojet Technologies Inc.. Other Compass Minerals International Inc sites in this extract: Compass Minerals Ogden Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Compass Minerals America Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.9% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 8.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Exelead Inc. and Gcp Applied Technologies Inc.
Compass Minerals America Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.0K lbs Top 40% higher than 60% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Compass Minerals America Inc in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Compass Minerals America Inc reports the 2,146th-largest volume (8.0K lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Exelead Inc. and Gcp Applied Technologies Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Compass Minerals America Inc's total reported releases rose from 1.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Compass Minerals America Inc's off-site transfers rose from 1.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Compass Minerals America Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Compass Minerals America Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 48% (1.4K lbs to 2.1K lbs).
Compass Minerals America Inc: 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 Compass Minerals America Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 48% 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 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 3.7K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 3.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.0K lbs | - |
Compass Minerals America Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Compass Minerals America Inc
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc, Altec Industries Inc., Duluth Paper Mill, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Exelead Inc., Gcp Applied Technologies Inc, Badger Mining Corp Merrillan Coating Plants.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Compass Minerals America Inc on cumulative reported pounds (8.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Prysmian Cables & Systems LLC, Carolina Pole Inc, Exelead Inc.. 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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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 Compass Minerals International Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Compass Minerals Ogden Inc.
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, Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. Compass Minerals America 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 Compass Minerals America Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Compass Minerals America Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Duluth, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325998 · Chemicals. 0.5% of St. Louis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Prysmian Cables & Systems LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Compass Minerals America Inc 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