EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Me Global Inc
Duluth, MN · Parent: Me Global Inc
- Total releases
- 700.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 11
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Me Global Inc: how the 700.2K lbs splits
700.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 699.3K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 786 lbs 0.1%
- Water Discharges 128 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Me Global Inc's 700.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Me Global Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Duluth, MN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 173.0K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 700.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,608 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. Me Global Inc is pounds #32 and chemical-count #22 at 700.2K 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: Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Duluth; Hibbard Renewable Energy Center; Duluth Paper Mill; Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Minnesota: Jewel Acquisition Llc-Louisville; Metalx Aluminum Conversions; Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc; Amsted Rail Co Inc. Other Me Global Inc sites in this extract: Me Global Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Me Global Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 11 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 700.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Jewel Acquisition Llc-Louisville and Metalx Aluminum Conversions.
Me Global Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
700K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Me Global Inc inside St. Louis's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Me Global Inc reports the 180th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 45.5% of every pound reported in St. Louis. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Jewel Acquisition Llc-Louisville and Metalx Aluminum Conversions.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of St. Louis's reported pounds (1.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Me Global Inc's total reported releases rose from 167.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 173.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Me Global Inc's off-site transfers rose from 167.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 172.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Me Global Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Me Global Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 700.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 25% (138.6K lbs to 173.0K lbs).
Me Global Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Me Global Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 25% 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: Manganese compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 138.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 99.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 121.9K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 167.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 173.0K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 11 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | 398.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 253.7K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 16.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 11.2K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 10.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 7.2K lbs | - |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 1.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 543 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 182 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 179 lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 116 lbs | Carcinogen |
Me Global Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Me Global Inc
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Duluth, Hibbard Renewable Energy Center, Duluth Paper Mill, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Jewel Acquisition Llc-Louisville, Metalx Aluminum Conversions, Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Me Global Inc on cumulative reported pounds (700.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (11). Release-pound peers include US Army Fort Drum, Westlake Vinyls Co, Kimberly-Clark Corp. Chemical-count peers include Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal, Lanco Manufacturing Corp, Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi). 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Puerto Rico Energy LLC - Bayamon Terminal Bayamon, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Lanco Manufacturing Corp San Lorenzo, PR · Chemicals 11 chemicals
- Buckeye Caribbean Terminals LLC (former Scyi) Yabucoa, PR · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
- Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals Christiansted, VI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 11 chemicals
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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 Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Duluth. Me Global Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Me Global Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Me Global Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Duluth, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331513 · Primary Metals. 45.5% of St. Louis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Army Fort Drum (Δ 262 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Me Global Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese 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