EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc
Ogden, UT · Parent: Compass Minerals International Inc
- Total releases
- 4.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc: how the 4.9K lbs splits
4.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 4.9K lbs 99.8%
- Air Releases 8 lbs 0.2%
- Off-site Transfers 0 lbs <0.1%
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc's 4.9K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury compounds.
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ogden, UT, in the chemicals sector. It reported 612 lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 4.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,250 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Utah's 220 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Compass Minerals Ogden Inc is pounds #100 and chemical-count #28 at 4.9K lbs. Kennecott Utah Copper Mine Concentrators & Power Plant leads reported pounds (781.4M lbs) at 34 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Clean Harbors Aragonite LLC leads chemical count at 193 chemicals (13.3M lbs, pounds #6). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Western Zirconium; Petersen Inc; West Haven Batch Plant; Chromalox Inc. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Utah: Wr Meadows of Arizona Inc; Valdosta Georgia Operations; Pariser Industries Inc.; Kdc/one Groveport. Other Compass Minerals International Inc sites in this extract: Compass Minerals America Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Copper compounds.
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant WATER pathway (99.8% water discharges) across 9 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wr Meadows of Arizona Inc and Valdosta Georgia Operations.
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.9K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc: Mercury compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Compass Minerals Ogden Inc reports the 2,319th-largest volume (4.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Mercury compounds alone is 60.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Utah include Wr Meadows of Arizona Inc and Valdosta Georgia Operations.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Compass Minerals Ogden Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Mercury compounds at 60.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Compass Minerals Ogden Inc's total reported releases rose from 390 lb in 2022 to 612 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Compass Minerals Ogden Inc's water releases rose from 390 lb in 2022 to 610 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Compass Minerals Ogden Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 28% (852 lbs to 612 lbs).
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Compass Minerals Ogden Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 28% 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: Mercury compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 852 lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 1.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 1.3K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 390 lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 612 lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury compounds | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 792 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 572 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 350 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 200 lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Cyanide compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc · WATER-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Compass Minerals Ogden Inc on cumulative reported pounds (4.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery - Menomonie, Ira Green Inc, W&w-Afco Steel LLC. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia Inc. 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).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
Other Compass Minerals International Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Compass Minerals America 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 Mercury compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Western Zirconium. Compass Minerals Ogden Inc stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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 Compass Minerals Ogden Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · WATER · CLEAN · lead Mercury compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ogden, UT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325180 · Chemicals. 0.1% of Weber TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery - Menomonie (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Compass Minerals Ogden Inc stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Mercury compounds. 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