EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC
Rosemount, MN · Parent: Koch Inc
- Total releases
- 3.3M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 48
- Carcinogens
- 13
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC: how the 3.3M lbs splits
3.3M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.3M lbs 68.9%
- Water Discharges 973.7K lbs 29.3%
- Off-site Transfers 57.8K lbs 1.7%
- Land Disposal 2.2K lbs 0.1%
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC's 3.3M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 68.9% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 29.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rosemount, MN, in the petroleum sector. It reported 716.5K lbs of releases across 47 chemicals in 2023, and 3.3M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 588 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. Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC is pounds #5 and chemical-count #2 at 3.3M 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: Hawkins Inc. - Pine Bend; Hawkins Inc. - Rosemount; Ega Spectro Alloys; Chs Inc Lubricants Plant. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Minnesota: Placid Refining Co LLC; Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC; Exxonmobil Oil Beaumont Refinery (part); Paulsboro Refining Co LLC. Other Koch Inc sites in this extract: Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Victoria Site; Koch Fertilizer Dodge City LLC; Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC; Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol; Ammonia; Hydrogen cyanide.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Rosemount, MN: 3.3M lbs across 48 chemicals (13 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 68.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Placid Refining Co LLC and Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.3M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC inside Dakota's TRI pounds
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC reports the 31st-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 27.2% of every pound reported in Dakota. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Placid Refining Co LLC and Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Dakota's reported pounds (12.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC's total reported releases rose from 618.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 716.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC's land releases rose from 8 lb in 2022 to 2.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC's water releases rose from 147.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 220.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC's off-site transfers fell from 14.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.3M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 5% (679.4K lbs to 716.5K lbs).
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 5% 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 | 679.4K lbs | 47 |
| 2020 | 709.6K lbs | 47 |
| 2021 | 602.8K lbs | 47 |
| 2022 | 618.6K lbs | 48 |
| 2023 | 716.5K lbs | 47 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 13 of 48 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC in Dakota
Nearest TRI Facilities to Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Hawkins Inc. - Pine Bend, Hawkins Inc. - Rosemount, Ega Spectro Alloys, ordered by distance.
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Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Placid Refining Co LLC, Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC, Exxonmobil Oil Beaumont Refinery (part).
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC on cumulative reported pounds (3.3M lbs) and distinct chemical count (48). Release-pound peers include Jbs Pork, US Marine Corps Mcb Camp Pendleton, King America Finishing Inc. Chemical-count peers include Basf Corp - Freeport Site, Westlake Vinyls Inc, Vickery Environmental 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 Koch Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Victoria Site, Koch Fertilizer Dodge City LLC, Koch Fertilizer Wever LLC.
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), Methanol, Ammonia, Hydrogen cyanide; nearby reporters include Hawkins Inc. - Pine Bend. Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · 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.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rosemount, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 27.2% of Dakota TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jbs Pork (Δ 5.4K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 68.9%). 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