EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix
Saint Cloud, MN · Parent: Knife River Corp
- Total releases
- 240 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix: how the 240 lbs splits
240 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 240 lbs 100.0%
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix's 240 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 St. Cloud Ready Mix is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Cloud, MN, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 130 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 240 lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,650 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 St. Cloud Ready Mix is pounds #334 and chemical-count #204 at 240 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: Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 3; Acp - St. Cloud; Carfair Composites USA Inc - St. Cloud; X-Cel Optical Co. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Minnesota: US Gypsum Co Sigurd Utah; Rockwell Lime Co; Gold Bond Building Products - Mount Holly; Tcs Materials Richmond 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 St. Cloud Ready Mix stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 240 lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include US Gypsum Co Sigurd Utah and Rockwell Lime Co.
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
240 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix reports the 800th-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Minnesota include US Gypsum Co Sigurd Utah and Rockwell Lime Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix's total reported releases rose from 110 lb in 2022 to 130 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix's land releases rose from 110 lb in 2022 to 130 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 240 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix year-over-year reported totals. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 110 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 130 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 240 lbs | - |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury | 0 lbs | - |
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 3, Acp - St. Cloud, Carfair Composites USA Inc - St. Cloud, 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. US Gypsum Co Sigurd Utah, Rockwell Lime Co, Gold Bond Building Products - Mount Holly.
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 Knife River Central Minnesota Asphalt Plant 3. Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix 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 St. Cloud Ready Mix 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 St. Cloud Ready Mix totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Cloud, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Sherburne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Zalk Josephs Fabricators LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Knife River St. Cloud Ready Mix 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