Total reported releases 472k lb fell meaningfully year over year (-32%). Total releases concentrations are up 16% since 2010.
10746 INNOVATION RD, Cottage Grove, Minnesota · 325998 · Chemicals · operated by 3M Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
0007632000 releases at 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility fell from 78k lb to 0 lb (100% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol releases at 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility fell from 22k lb to 3k lb (88% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Toluene releases at 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility fell from 33k lb to 10k lb (70% lower) between 2023 and 2024.
Showing the 4 most editorially weighted signals out of 5. Lower-severity signals fold into the chemical breakdown and history charts below.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Nitric acid concentrations have fallen 46% since 2010.
Toluene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Ethyl acrylate concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Cyclohexane concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Dichloromethane concentrations are up 17% since 2010.
Within 3 miles of this facility (11 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 18,278. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.