TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Poet Biorefining

Total reported releases 7k lb more than halved year over year (-88%). Total releases concentrations are up 25% since 2010.

2601 320TH ST, Jewell, Iowa · 325193 · Chemicals · operated by Poet Holding Co LLC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 7k.64k'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'247k
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Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

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0000110827 releases at Poet Biorefining fell from 11k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

YEAR-OVER-YEAR DROP · RELEASE SHIFT

n-Hexane

n-Hexane releases at Poet Biorefining fell from 40k lb to 4k lb (91% lower) between 2023 and 2024.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS 110-54-3

n-Hexane

4k lb · -91% YoY

n-Hexane concentrations are up 12% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 107-02-8

Acrolein

2k lb · YoY

Acrolein concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 50-00-0

Formaldehyde

1k lb · YoY

Formaldehyde concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2019.

GENERALCAS 64-18-6

Formic acid

950 lb · YoY

Formic acid concentrations have fallen 47% since 2017.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (2 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 2,026. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
27.8%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
6.0%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
4.5%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
14.8%

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.