EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Jostens Inc - Southtown
Owatonna, MN · Parent: Champ Holding Corp
- Total releases
- 15 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Jostens Inc - Southtown: how the 15 lbs splits
15 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 15 lbs 100.0%
Jostens Inc - Southtown's 15 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Jostens Inc - Southtown is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Owatonna, MN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 3 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 15 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,211 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. Jostens Inc - Southtown is pounds #389 and chemical-count #412 at 15 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: Life Fitness LLC; Truth Hardware Corp-Owatonna; Ccm - Owatonna; Wenger Corp. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Minnesota: Webco Industries Inc. Keystone; Padgett Inc; Benton Foundry Inc; Palmer Foundry Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Jostens Inc - Southtown stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Webco Industries Inc. Keystone and Padgett Inc.
Jostens Inc - Southtown vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Jostens Inc - Southtown in the Primary Metals sector extract
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Jostens Inc - Southtown reports the 1,326th-largest volume (15 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Webco Industries Inc. Keystone and Padgett Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Jostens Inc - Southtown Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Jostens Inc - Southtown stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
94% less than the comparison
50% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Jostens Inc - Southtown releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 15% (3 lbs to 3 lbs).
Jostens Inc - Southtown: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Jostens Inc - Southtown year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 15 lbs | - |
Jostens Inc - Southtown · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Jostens Inc - Southtown
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Life Fitness LLC, Truth Hardware Corp-Owatonna, Ccm - Owatonna, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 458 other reporting facilities in Minnesota.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Webco Industries Inc. Keystone, Padgett Inc, Benton Foundry 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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Life Fitness LLC. Jostens Inc - Southtown stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 Jostens Inc - Southtown TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Jostens Inc - Southtown totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Owatonna, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331492 · Primary Metals. 0.0% of Steele TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: 400 Robinson Fans (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Jostens Inc - Southtown stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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