EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Knife River-Rice Street
Sioux Falls, SD · Parent: Knife River Corp
- Total releases
- 879 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Knife River-Rice Street: how the 879 lbs splits
879 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 876 lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 3 lbs 0.3%
Knife River-Rice Street's 879 lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
TRACE volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Knife River-Rice Street is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sioux Falls, SD, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 101 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 879 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,039 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. Knife River-Rice Street is pounds #55 and chemical-count #30 at 879 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tcc - Sioux Falls; Hancock Concrete Products; Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls; Graco Inc Sioux Falls. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside South Dakota: Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - River Ranch Plant; US Gypsum Co; Glacier Northwest Inc East Vancouver Ready-Mix Plant; Napco Precast LLC. Other Knife River Corp sites in this extract: Kirtland Concrete; Knife River-Madison Street; Knife River Albertville Ready Mix; Tumalo Concrete. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Lead; Mercury.
Knife River-Rice Street stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.7% land disposal) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 879 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - River Ranch Plant and US Gypsum Co.
Knife River-Rice Street vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
879 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Knife River-Rice Street in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Knife River-Rice Street reports the 644th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.7% of its sector. Scale peers outside South Dakota include Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - River Ranch Plant and US Gypsum Co.
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
- Knife River-Rice Street's total reported releases fell from 157 lb in 2022 to 101 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Knife River-Rice Street's land releases fell from 156 lb in 2022 to 100 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Knife River-Rice Street Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Knife River-Rice Street releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 879 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 60% (250 lbs to 101 lbs).
Knife River-Rice Street: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Knife River-Rice Street year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 60% 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 | 250 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 231 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 141 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 157 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 101 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 876 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury | 0 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
Knife River-Rice Street · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Knife River-Rice Street
Closest other reporters in South Dakota - including Tcc - Sioux Falls, Hancock Concrete Products, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Dakota - e.g. Martin Marietta Arizona LLC - River Ranch Plant, US Gypsum Co, Glacier Northwest Inc East Vancouver Ready-Mix Plant.
Other Knife River Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kirtland Concrete, Knife River-Madison Street, Knife River Albertville Ready Mix.
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), Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Lead, Mercury; nearby reporters include Tcc - Sioux Falls. Knife River-Rice Street stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Knife River-Rice Street TRI extract (TRACE · LAND · TRACE-CARC · 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.
Knife River-Rice Street totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sioux Falls, SD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Minnehaha TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aludyne N.a. LLC - Pleasant Prairie (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Knife River-Rice Street stamps TRACE volume · LAND pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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