EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter
Baxter, MN · Parent: Knife River Corp
- Total releases
- 320 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter: how the 320 lbs splits
320 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 320 lbs 100.0%
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter's 320 lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
TRACE volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Baxter, MN, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 320 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 15,311 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 Corp N Central Baxter is pounds #321 and chemical-count #200 at 320 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: Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc; U.S. Army National Guard Camp Ripley Ranges; Airborn Inc; Wabash National. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Minnesota: Gold Bond Building Products - Apollo Beach; James Hardie Prattville; Peak Silverthorne Batch Plant; Sierra West Batch Plant. Other Knife River Corp sites in this extract: Kirtland Concrete; Knife River-Madison Street; Knife River-Rice Street; Knife River Albertville Ready Mix. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead; Mercury.
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 320 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gold Bond Building Products - Apollo Beach and James Hardie Prattville.
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
320 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter inside Crow Wing's TRI pounds
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Knife River Corp N Central Baxter reports the 764th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 40.8% of every pound reported in Crow Wing. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Gold Bond Building Products - Apollo Beach and James Hardie Prattville.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Crow Wing's reported pounds (785 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Knife River Corp N Central Baxter's total reported releases fell from 86 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Knife River Corp N Central Baxter's land releases fell from 86 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Knife River Corp N Central Baxter's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter Form-R facts
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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 Knife River Corp N Central Baxter releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 320 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (234 lbs to 0 lbs).
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Knife River Corp N Central Baxter year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 | 234 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 86 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 320 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury | 0 lbs | - |
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc, U.S. Army National Guard Camp Ripley Ranges, Airborn Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Gold Bond Building Products - Apollo Beach, James Hardie Prattville, Peak Silverthorne Batch Plant.
Other Knife River Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kirtland Concrete, Knife River-Madison Street, Knife River-Rice Street.
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), Lead, Mercury; nearby reporters include Keystone Automotive Industries Minnesota Inc. Knife River Corp N Central Baxter stamps TRACE volume · LAND 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 Knife River Corp N Central Baxter TRI extract (TRACE · LAND · CLEAN · 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.
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Baxter, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 40.8% of Crow Wing TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dritac Flooring Products LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Knife River Corp N Central Baxter stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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