Methanol
Methanol releases at Adm Decatur Complex rose from 93k lb to 223k lb (2.4×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Adm Decatur Complex
Total reported releases 2.7M lb fell modestly year over year (-15%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 35% since 2010.
4666 FARIES PKWY E, Decatur, Illinois · 311119 · Food · operated by Archer Daniels Midland Co
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Notable Signals
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) at Adm Decatur Complex have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds at Adm Decatur Complex have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations have fallen 31% since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are up 76% since 2010.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations are up 54% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than doubled since 2013.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (19 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 18,048. Why we surface this →
43.8%
Low-income
31.6%
People of color
5.0%
Under age 5
20.2%
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.