EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC
Preston, MN · Parent: Poet Holding Co LLC
- Total releases
- 24.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC: how the 24.8K lbs splits
24.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 24.8K lbs 99.9%
- Off-site Transfers 17 lbs 0.1%
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC's 24.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
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.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Preston, MN, in the chemicals sector. It reported 3.3K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 24.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,757 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. Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC is pounds #171 and chemical-count #35 at 24.8K 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: Preston Protein Products; Strongwell - Chatfield Div; Geotek LLC; Halcon Corp. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Minnesota: Ozark Materials LLC an Ingevity Co; Yara Freeport LLC; Sun Drilling Products Corp; Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc. Other Poet Holding Co LLC sites in this extract: Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC; Poet Biorefining - Hudson; Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC; Poet Biorefining-Marion LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Formic acid; Acetaldehyde; Acrolein.
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.9% air releases) across 10 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ozark Materials LLC an Ingevity Co and Yara Freeport LLC.
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
25K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC reports the 1,635th-largest volume (24.8K lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Ozark Materials LLC an Ingevity Co and Yara Freeport LLC.
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
- Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC's total reported releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC's air releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 52% (6.7K lbs to 3.3K lbs).
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6.7K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 5.7K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 5.7K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 3.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 3.3K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 10.6K lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 5.3K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 3.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acrolein | 2.7K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 656 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cyclohexane | 177 lbs | - |
| Benzene | 50 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Toluene | 47 lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 0 lbs | - |
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Preston Protein Products, Strongwell - Chatfield Div, Geotek LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Ozark Materials LLC an Ingevity Co, Yara Freeport LLC, Sun Drilling Products Corp.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC on cumulative reported pounds (24.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co, Ozark Materials LLC an Ingevity Co, Yara Freeport LLC. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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).
Other Poet Holding Co LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock LLC, Poet Biorefining - Hudson, Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC.
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 n-Hexane, Formic acid, Acetaldehyde, Acrolein; nearby reporters include Preston Protein Products. Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-MID · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Preston, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325193 · Chemicals. 8.0% of Fillmore TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Poet Biorefning - Preston LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead n-Hexane. 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