EPA TRI Facility · Food
Land O'Lakes - Melrose
Melrose, MN · Parent: Land O Lakes Inc
- Total releases
- 25.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Land O'Lakes - Melrose: how the 25.9K lbs splits
25.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 25.9K lbs 100.0%
Land O'Lakes - Melrose's 25.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Land O'Lakes - Melrose is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Melrose, MN, in the food sector. It reported 871 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 25.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,654 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. Land O'Lakes - Melrose is pounds #166 and chemical-count #246 at 25.9K 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: Proliant Dairy Ingredients; Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing; Kerry Inc; Wells Concrete Products - Albany. Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Clover Stornetta Farms Inc; Tyson Poultry Inc-Processing Plant; Devro Inc; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Alta Dena Certified Dairy. Other Land O Lakes Inc sites in this extract: Land O'Lakes - Carlisle; Land O'Lakes - Kiel; Omnium; Land O Lakes - Orland. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Land O'Lakes - Melrose stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 25.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Clover Stornetta Farms Inc and Tyson Poultry Inc-Processing Plant.
Land O'Lakes - Melrose vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
26K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Land O'Lakes - Melrose: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Land O'Lakes - Melrose reports the 768th-largest volume (25.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Clover Stornetta Farms Inc and Tyson Poultry Inc-Processing Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Land O'Lakes - Melrose's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Land O'Lakes - Melrose's total reported releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 871 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Land O'Lakes - Melrose's off-site transfers fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 871 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Land O'Lakes - Melrose 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 Land O'Lakes - Melrose releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 25.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 85% (5.7K lbs to 871 lbs).
Land O'Lakes - Melrose: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Land O'Lakes - Melrose year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 85% 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 | 5.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 7.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 10.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 871 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Land O'Lakes - Melrose · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Land O'Lakes - Melrose
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Proliant Dairy Ingredients, Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing, Kerry 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. Clover Stornetta Farms Inc, Tyson Poultry Inc-Processing Plant, Devro Inc.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Land O'Lakes - Melrose on cumulative reported pounds (25.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Tessenderlo Kerley Inc., Dana Driveshaft Manufacturing LLC, Checkers Industrial Safety Products. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. Burley, ID · Chemicals 25.9K lbs reported
- Dana Driveshaft Manufacturing LLC Lima, OH · Transportation Equipment 25.9K lbs reported
- Checkers Industrial Safety Products Broomfield, CO · Plastics and Rubber 25.9K lbs reported
- Clover Stornetta Farms Inc Petaluma, CA · Food 25.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Land O Lakes Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Land O'Lakes - Carlisle, Land O'Lakes - Kiel, Omnium.
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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Proliant Dairy Ingredients. Land O'Lakes - Melrose stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Land O'Lakes - Melrose TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · 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.
Land O'Lakes - Melrose totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Melrose, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 2.2% of Stearns TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Land O'Lakes - Melrose stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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