Total reported releases
Total reported releases at Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Pacific Ethanol Pekin, LLC
Total reported releases 267k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+16%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
1300 S 2ND ST, Pekin, Illinois · 312140 · Beverages · operated by Alto Ingredients INC
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have fallen 49% since 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 97% since 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
n-Hexane
n-Hexane concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.
Acrolein
Acrolein concentrations are up 22% since 2017.
Ammonia
Ammonia 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 25,623. Why we surface this →
36.9%
Low-income
7.3%
People of color
5.7%
Under age 5
19.7%
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.