EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Viracon LLC
Owatonna, MN · Parent: Apogee Enterprises Inc
- Total releases
- 75.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Viracon LLC: how the 75.0K lbs splits
75.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 75.0K lbs 100.0%
Viracon LLC's 75.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Viracon LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Owatonna, MN, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 16.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 75.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,212 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. Viracon LLC is pounds #120 and chemical-count #342 at 75.0K 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: Wenger Corp; Truth Hardware Corp-Owatonna; Daikin Applied Owatonna Mn; Bosch Automotive Service Solutions LLC. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Minnesota: Saint-Gobain Abrasives & Saint -Gobain Ceramics & Plastics; Mica Brick Plant; Burgess Pigment Co; Therm-O-Rock East Inc. Other Apogee Enterprises Inc sites in this extract: Linetec Paint/plastics; Efco LLC; Tru Vue Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
Viracon LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 75.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Saint-Gobain Abrasives & Saint -Gobain Ceramics & Plastics and Mica Brick Plant.
Viracon LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
75K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Viracon LLC: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Viracon LLC reports the 199th-largest volume, placing it in the top 6.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Saint-Gobain Abrasives & Saint -Gobain Ceramics & Plastics and Mica Brick Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Viracon LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Viracon LLC's total reported releases rose from 14.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Viracon LLC's air releases rose from 14.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Viracon LLC Form-R facts
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75% less than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Viracon LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 75.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (16.0K lbs to 16.0K lbs).
Viracon 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 Viracon LLC year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 16.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 15.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 14.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 14.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 16.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 75.0K lbs | - |
Viracon LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Viracon LLC
Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Wenger Corp, Truth Hardware Corp-Owatonna, Daikin Applied Owatonna Mn, 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. Saint-Gobain Abrasives & Saint -Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Mica Brick Plant, Burgess Pigment Co.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Viracon LLC on cumulative reported pounds (75.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include J R Simplot Co Lathrop, Plaquemine Methocel, Stateline Processing Plant. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Apogee Enterprises Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Linetec Paint/plastics, Efco LLC, Tru Vue Inc.
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 Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Wenger Corp. Viracon LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Viracon LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Viracon LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Owatonna, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327215 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 9.0% of Steele TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: J R Simplot Co Lathrop (Δ 66 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Viracon LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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