Facility detail

POET BIOREFINING-CARO LLC

1551 EMPIRE DR, CARO, MI, 48723

Parent company: POET HOLDING CO LLC

Carcinogen — EPA classifications across all reporting years

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Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year	Ammonia	Acetaldehyde	n-Hexane	Acrolein	Methanol	Total (lbs)
2024	—	15,023	3,880	10,015	912	34,748
2023	—	15,014	4,100	9,910	913	34,943
2022	—	2,717	3,680	—	—	6,397
2021	—	6,150	5,481	1,550	649	14,560
2020	—	2,745	3,630	990	459	7,824
2019	—	2,640	4,000	980	451	8,071
2018	8,504	2,537	3,770	1,028	468	16,307
2017	—	1,832	5,310	1,922	611	9,675
2016	—	6,037	5,000	1,927	627	13,591
2015	—	7,158	6,046	4,954	1,237	19,395
2014	—	6,778	6,034	4,921	1,222	18,955
2013	—	1,810	2,794	4,537	1,036	10,177
2012	—	1,800	2,890	4,512	1,031	10,233
2011	—	3,121	3,034	—	—	6,155
2010	—	3,413	3,075	—	—	6,488
2009	6,001	2,958	2,912	—	—	11,871
2008	—	3,010	3,046	—	—	6,056
2007	87,998	3,134	3,146	—	—	94,278
2006	85,297	3,441	3,122	—	—	91,860
2005	80,121	3,131	3,032	—	—	86,284
2004	5,350	1,200	3,189	—	—	10,002
2003	5,050	2,000	3,007	—	800	10,882

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.