EPA TRI Facility · Food
Proliant Dairy Ingredients
Melrose, MN · Parent: Lauridsen Group Inc
- Total releases
- 162.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Proliant Dairy Ingredients: how the 162.4K lbs splits
162.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 162.4K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 50 lbs <0.1%
Proliant Dairy Ingredients's 162.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Proliant Dairy Ingredients is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Melrose, MN, in the food sector. It reported 55.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 162.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,600 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. Proliant Dairy Ingredients is pounds #74 and chemical-count #230 at 162.4K 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: Land O'Lakes - Melrose; Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing; Kerry Inc; Wells Concrete Products - Albany. Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Cargill Inc; Commonwealth Dairy LLC; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Riviana Foods. Other Lauridsen Group Inc sites in this extract: Apc Sublette. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Proliant Dairy Ingredients stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 162.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Inc and Commonwealth Dairy LLC.
Proliant Dairy Ingredients vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
162K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Proliant Dairy Ingredients: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Proliant Dairy Ingredients reports the 405th-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Cargill Inc and Commonwealth Dairy LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Proliant Dairy Ingredients's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Proliant Dairy Ingredients's total reported releases rose from 6.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Proliant Dairy Ingredients's off-site transfers rose from 6.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Proliant Dairy Ingredients Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Proliant Dairy Ingredients releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 162.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 20% (45.9K lbs to 55.1K lbs).
Proliant Dairy Ingredients: 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 Proliant Dairy Ingredients year-over-year reported totals (increased by 20% 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 | 45.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 6.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 48.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 55.1K 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) | 162.4K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 50 lbs | - |
Proliant Dairy Ingredients · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Proliant Dairy Ingredients
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Land O'Lakes - Melrose, Carstens Industries Fiberglass Manufacturing, Kerry Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Cargill Inc, Commonwealth Dairy LLC, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Proliant Dairy Ingredients on cumulative reported pounds (162.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Midwest Printed Circuit Services Inc., Hazen Paper Co, Huf-North America. 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.
- Midwest Printed Circuit Services Inc. Round Lake Beach, IL · Computers and Electronic Products 162.4K lbs reported
- Hazen Paper Co Holyoke, MA · Paper 162.3K lbs reported
- Huf-North America Greeneville, TN · Fabricated Metals 162.2K lbs reported
- Stanley Works Hand Tools Div. New Britain, CT · Fabricated Metals 162.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Lauridsen Group Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Apc Sublette.
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 Land O'Lakes - Melrose. Proliant Dairy Ingredients stamps MID 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 Proliant Dairy Ingredients TRI extract (MID · 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.
Proliant Dairy Ingredients totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Melrose, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 13.5% of Stearns TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Midwest Printed Circuit Services Inc. (Δ 53 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Proliant Dairy Ingredients stamps MID 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