EPA TRI Facility · Food
Agropur Inc.
Lake Norden, SD · Parent: Agropur Inc
- Total releases
- 1 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Agropur Inc.: how the 1 lbs splits
1 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1 lbs 100.0%
Agropur Inc.'s 1 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: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Agropur Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lake Norden, SD, in the food sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 19,780 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Dakota's 92 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Agropur Inc. is pounds #86 and chemical-count #69 at 1 lbs. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls leads reported pounds (21.3M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #33). Hydro Extrusion USA LLC leads chemical count at 12 chemicals (223.2K lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dakota Bodies LLC; Glacial Lakes Energy LLC; Fiberglass Specialties Inc; Terex South Dakota. Similar-scale Food peers outside South Dakota: Le Sueur Cheese Co; Readington Farms Inc; Rosina Food Products Inc.; Agropur Inc.. Other Agropur Inc sites in this extract: Agropur; Le Sueur Cheese Co; Agropur Inc.; Agropur Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Agropur Inc. stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Le Sueur Cheese Co and Readington Farms Inc.
Agropur Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1 lbs 24th percentile higher than 24% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Agropur Inc. inside Hamlin's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Agropur Inc. reports the 1,346th-largest volume (1 lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Hamlin. Scale peers outside South Dakota include Le Sueur Cheese Co and Readington Farms Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Hamlin's reported pounds (1 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Agropur Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Agropur Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (1 lbs to 0 lbs).
Agropur Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Agropur Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 1 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Agropur Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Agropur Inc.
Closest other reporters in South Dakota - including Dakota Bodies LLC, Glacial Lakes Energy LLC, Fiberglass Specialties Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Dakota - e.g. Le Sueur Cheese Co, Readington Farms Inc, Rosina Food Products Inc..
Other Agropur Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Agropur, Le Sueur Cheese Co, Agropur 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 Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Dakota Bodies LLC. Agropur Inc. stamps TRACE 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.
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This Agropur Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Agropur Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lake Norden, SD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 100% of Hamlin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aca Soutel Hma Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Agropur Inc. stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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