EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Douglas Finishing
Alexandria, MN
- Total releases
- 2.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Douglas Finishing: how the 2.4K lbs splits
2.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.3K lbs 56.2%
- Air Releases 1.0K lbs 43.8%
Douglas Finishing's 2.4K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 56.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 43.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc 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 MIXED pathway TRACE-CARC
Douglas Finishing is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Alexandria, MN, in the machinery sector. It reported 12 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 2.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,537 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. Douglas Finishing is pounds #263 and chemical-count #196 at 2.4K 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: 3M Co-Alexandria; Sunopta Grains & Foods; Alexandria Extrusion Co; Long Prairie Packing Co. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Minnesota: Hyster Yale Materials Handling Inc.; Briggs & Stratton LLC; Bw Converting Inc; Johnson Controls Inc-Norman. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Nitric acid; Lead.
Douglas Finishing is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Alexandria, MN: 2.4K lbs across 3 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, TRACE-CARC). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 56.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Hyster Yale Materials Handling Inc. and Briggs & Stratton LLC.
Douglas Finishing vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Douglas Finishing in the Machinery sector extract
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Douglas Finishing reports the 323rd-largest volume (2.4K lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Hyster Yale Materials Handling Inc. and Briggs & Stratton LLC.
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
- Douglas Finishing's total reported releases fell from 261 lb in 2022 to 12 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Douglas Finishing's air releases fell from 255 lb in 2022 to 12 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Douglas Finishing's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Douglas Finishing Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Douglas Finishing releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 95% (255 lbs to 12 lbs).
Douglas Finishing: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Douglas Finishing year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 95% 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 | 255 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 255 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 261 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 1.0K lbs | - |
| Lead | 6 lbs | Carcinogen |
Douglas Finishing in Douglas
Nearest TRI Facilities to Douglas Finishing
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including 3M Co-Alexandria, Sunopta Grains & Foods, Alexandria Extrusion Co, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 458 other reporting facilities in Minnesota.
Similar Machinery Facilities
Other Machinery facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Hyster Yale Materials Handling Inc., Briggs & Stratton LLC, Bw Converting Inc.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Douglas Finishing on cumulative reported pounds (2.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Sonoco Products Co, International Casting Corp, Kanzaki Specialty Papers 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.
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).
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, Nitric acid, Lead; nearby reporters include 3M Co-Alexandria. Douglas Finishing stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Douglas Finishing TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Douglas Finishing totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Alexandria, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 333999 · Machinery. 0.7% of Douglas TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sonoco Products Co (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Douglas Finishing stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 56.2%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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