EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5
Harris, MN · Parent: Mdu Resources Group Inc
- Total releases
- 1 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5: how the 1 lbs splits
1 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1 lbs 100.0%
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5's 1 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Harris, MN, in the petroleum sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 1 lbs in total across its 2020-2021 reporting years. That ranks 20,148 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. Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 is pounds #445 and chemical-count #315 at 1 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: Zinpro Corp; Andersen Extrusion North Branch; Forterra Pipe & Precast - Stacy; Ever Cat Fuels LLC. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Minnesota: Tilcon Connecticut Inc; Henry G. Meigs Inc.; Emulsicoat Inc; Asphalt Materials Inc. Other Mdu Resources Group Inc sites in this extract: Rm Heskett Station; Lewis & Clark Station; Knife River Cheyenne; Mdu Resources Roseburg Asphalt. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1 lbs (2020–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tilcon Connecticut Inc and Henry G. Meigs Inc..
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1 lbs 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 in the Petroleum sector extract
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 reports the 689th-largest volume (1 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Tilcon Connecticut Inc and Henry G. Meigs Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2021, total releases decreased by 33% (0 lbs to 0 lbs).
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2021
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 33% from 2020 to 2021). 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2021). 1 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Zinpro Corp, Andersen Extrusion North Branch, Forterra Pipe & Precast - Stacy, ordered by distance.
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Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Tilcon Connecticut Inc, Henry G. Meigs Inc., Emulsicoat Inc.
Other Mdu Resources Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Rm Heskett Station, Lewis & Clark Station, Knife River Cheyenne.
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 Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Zinpro Corp. Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Harris, MN, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2020–2021 (2 years). NAICS 324121 · Petroleum. 0.0% of Chisago TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Halliburton Magnet Cove Grinding Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 5 stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic 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