EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Knife River-Yankton
Yankton, SD · Parent: Knife River Corp
- Total releases
- 290 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Knife River-Yankton: how the 290 lbs splits
290 lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 289 lbs 99.5%
- Air Releases 1 lbs 0.5%
Knife River-Yankton's 290 lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
TRACE volume LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
Knife River-Yankton is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Yankton, SD, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 290 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,403 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-Yankton is pounds #59 and chemical-count #31 at 290 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: Hydro Extrusion USA LLC; Manitou Equipment America LLC - Yankton; Vishay-Dale Electronics; Cimpl's LLC. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside South Dakota: Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant; Virginia Concrete-Stafford Plant; Agc Automotive Americas; U.S. Gypsum Co. Other Knife River Corp sites in this extract: Kirtland Concrete; Knife River-Madison Street; Knife River-Rice Street; Knife River Albertville Ready Mix. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Lead; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Knife River-Yankton stamps TRACE volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.5% land disposal) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 290 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant and Virginia Concrete-Stafford Plant.
Knife River-Yankton vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
290 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Knife River-Yankton in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, Knife River-Yankton reports the 776th-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.8% of its sector. Scale peers outside South Dakota include Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant and Virginia Concrete-Stafford Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Knife River-Yankton Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Knife River-Yankton releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 290 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 520% (0 lbs to 0 lbs).
Knife River-Yankton: 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-Yankton year-over-year reported totals (increased by 520% 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 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 230 lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 59 lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 3 |
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) | 289 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Mercury | 0 lbs | - |
Knife River-Yankton · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Knife River-Yankton
Closest other reporters in South Dakota - including Hydro Extrusion USA LLC, Manitou Equipment America LLC - Yankton, Vishay-Dale Electronics, 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. Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant, Virginia Concrete-Stafford Plant, Agc Automotive Americas.
Other Knife River Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kirtland Concrete, Knife River-Madison Street, Knife River-Rice Street.
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, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Hydro Extrusion USA LLC. Knife River-Yankton 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-Yankton 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-Yankton totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Yankton, SD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327320 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.1% of Yankton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Knife River-Yankton 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