Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
HORMEL FOODS CORP-AUSTIN PLANT
500 14TH AVE NE, AUSTIN, MN, 55912
Parent company: HORMEL FOODS CORP
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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 | Chlorine dioxide | Chlorine | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 15,588 | — | — | — | — | 15,588 |
| 2023 | 15,292 | — | — | — | — | 15,292 |
| 2022 | 7,872 | — | — | — | — | 7,872 |
| 2021 | 9,222 | — | — | — | — | 9,222 |
| 2020 | 19,124 | — | — | — | — | 19,124 |
| 2019 | 9,144 | — | — | — | — | 9,144 |
| 2018 | 20,643 | — | — | — | — | 20,643 |
| 2017 | 22,131 | — | — | — | — | 22,131 |
| 2016 | 26,551 | — | — | — | — | 26,551 |
| 2015 | 22,777 | — | — | — | — | 22,777 |
| 2014 | 15,377 | — | — | — | — | 15,377 |
| 2013 | 23,830 | — | — | — | — | 23,830 |
| 2012 | 28,841 | — | — | — | 0 | 28,841 |
| 2011 | 27,615 | — | — | — | 0 | 27,615 |
| 2010 | 26,170 | — | — | — | — | 26,170 |
| 2009 | 24,561 | — | — | — | — | 24,561 |
| 2008 | 28,008 | — | — | — | — | 28,008 |
| 2007 | 9,893 | 44,892 | — | — | 0 | 54,785 |
| 2006 | 20,514 | — | — | — | — | 20,514 |
| 2005 | 25,173 | — | — | — | 0 | 25,173 |
| 2004 | 4,302 | — | — | — | 0 | 4,302 |
| 2003 | 12,000 | — | — | — | 0 | 12,000 |
| 2002 | 19,629 | — | — | — | 0 | 19,629 |
| 2001 | 9,776 | — | — | — | 0 | 9,776 |
| 2000 | 5,429 | — | — | — | — | 5,429 |
| 1999 | 18,000 | — | — | — | — | 18,000 |
| 1998 | 7,300 | — | — | — | — | 7,300 |
| 1997 | — | — | 700 | — | — | 700 |
| 1996 | 9,000 | — | 700 | — | — | 9,700 |
| 1995 | 9,000 | — | 700 | — | — | 9,700 |
| 1994 | 9,000 | — | 700 | — | — | 9,700 |
| 1993 | 8,000 | — | 700 | — | — | 8,700 |
| 1992 | 9,000 | — | 700 | — | — | 9,700 |
| 1991 | 30,000 | — | 670 | — | — | 30,670 |
| 1990 | 42,000 | — | 535 | — | — | 42,535 |
| 1989 | 24,160 | — | 750 | 250 | — | 25,160 |
| 1988 | — | — | 750 | 250 | — | 1,000 |
▎ 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.