Valero Renewable Fuels LLC
Total reported releases 21k lb fell meaningfully year over year (-19%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 17% since 2010.
1930 HAYES AVE, Fort Dodge, Iowa · 325193 · Chemicals · operated by Valero Energy CORP
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 96% since 2010.
Acrolein
Acrolein concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have more than halved since 2012.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Webster County County, IA (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 36,986. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.