EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Design Tanks LLC
Sioux Falls, SD
- Total releases
- 247.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Design Tanks LLC: how the 247.4K lbs splits
247.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 247.4K lbs 100.0%
Design Tanks LLC's 247.4K 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: Styrene.
MID volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Design Tanks LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sioux Falls, SD, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 55.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 247.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,884 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. Design Tanks LLC is pounds #10 and chemical-count #73 at 247.4K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Raven Industries Inc.; US Dod Usaf Joe Foss Field Ang Sd; Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls; Graco Inc Sioux Falls. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside South Dakota: Plastpro Inc; Cytiva US LLC; Mti Baths; Latham Pool Products Inc D/b/a Viking Pools-La. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Styrene.
Design Tanks LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 247.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Plastpro Inc and Cytiva US LLC.
Design Tanks LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
247K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Design Tanks LLC: Styrene-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Design Tanks LLC reports the 166th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Styrene alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside South Dakota include Plastpro Inc and Cytiva US LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Design Tanks LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Styrene at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Design Tanks LLC's total reported releases rose from 53.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Design Tanks LLC's air releases rose from 53.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Design Tanks LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Design Tanks LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 247.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 57% (35.5K lbs to 55.7K lbs).
Design Tanks LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Design Tanks LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 57% 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: Styrene.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 61.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 40.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 53.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 55.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Styrene | 247.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
Design Tanks LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Design Tanks LLC
Closest other reporters in South Dakota - including Raven Industries Inc., US Dod Usaf Joe Foss Field Ang Sd, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls, ordered by distance.
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Other Plastics and Rubber facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Dakota - e.g. Plastpro Inc, Cytiva US LLC, Mti Baths.
Compare beyond South Dakota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Design Tanks LLC on cumulative reported pounds (247.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Certainteed Shakopee, Entegris Inc., Si Group Inc. 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).
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 Styrene; nearby reporters include Raven Industries Inc.. Design Tanks LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Design Tanks LLC TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Design Tanks LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sioux Falls, SD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 326199 · Plastics and Rubber. 1.1% of Minnehaha TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Certainteed Shakopee (Δ 47 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Design Tanks LLC stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Styrene. 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