TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Western Sugar Cooperative

Total reported releases 54k lb fell sharply year over year (-60%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 31% since 2010.

18317 HWY 144, Fort Morgan, Colorado · 311313 · Food · operated by Western Sugar Cooperative

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 54k.195k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'2454k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

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0000079210 releases at Western Sugar Cooperative fell from 54k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

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0000050000 releases at Western Sugar Cooperative fell from 29k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

33k lb · +49% YoY

Ammonia concentrations are up 39% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7697-37-2

Nitric acid

20k lb · -26% YoY

Nitric acid concentrations have fallen 29% since 2022.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (10 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 12,676. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
43.2%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
59.9%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
8.0%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
13.9%

Over age 64

Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.

Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.

What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.