EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant
Austin, MN · Parent: Hormel Foods Corp
- Total releases
- 91.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant: how the 91.0K lbs splits
91.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 60.7K lbs 66.7%
- Off-site Transfers 30.3K lbs 33.3%
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant's 91.0K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 66.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 33.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Austin, MN, in the food sector. It reported 19.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 91.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,795 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. Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant is pounds #105 and chemical-count #176 at 91.0K 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: Cargill Inc; Tandem Products Inc; Pro Manufacturing Inc; Agra Resources LLC (dba Poet Glenville). Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Lamb Weston Inc; Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant; Schreiber Foods Inc; Riceland Foods Inc. - Stuttgart Rice Div. Other Hormel Foods Corp sites in this extract: Dold Foods Inc; Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron; Hormel Foods Corp; Papillion Foods LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid; Sodium nitrite.
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Austin, MN: 91.0K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 66.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lamb Weston Inc and Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant.
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
91K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant inside Mower's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant reports the 513th-largest volume (91.0K lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Mower. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Lamb Weston Inc and Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Mower's reported pounds (91.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant's total reported releases rose from 15.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant's air releases rose from 7.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant's off-site transfers fell from 7.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 91.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 27% (15.5K lbs to 19.7K lbs).
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant: 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 Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 27% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 25.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 15.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 15.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 19.7K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 91.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant in Mower
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Cargill Inc, Tandem Products Inc, Pro Manufacturing Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 458 other reporting facilities in Minnesota.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Lamb Weston Inc, Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant, Schreiber Foods Inc.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant on cumulative reported pounds (91.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Dayco Products LLC Williston Plant, Sps Technologies LLC, Fluid Motion 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.
- Dayco Products LLC Williston Plant Williston, SC · Plastics and Rubber 90.9K lbs reported
- Sps Technologies LLC Jenkintown, PA · Fabricated Metals 91.0K lbs reported
- Fluid Motion LLC Arlington, WA · Transportation Equipment 90.9K lbs reported
- Superior Home Products Inc Wentzville, MO · Plastics and Rubber 90.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Hormel Foods Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dold Foods Inc, Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron, Hormel Foods Corp.
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 Ammonia, Nitric acid, Sodium nitrite; nearby reporters include Cargill Inc. Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Austin, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 100% of Mower TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dayco Products LLC Williston Plant (Δ 21 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 66.7%). 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