Boswell Energy Center
Total reported releases 2.0M lb fell meaningfully year over year (-24%). Total releases concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
1210 NW 3RD ST, Cohasset, Minnesota · 221112 · Electric Utilities · operated by Allete INC
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
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations are up 32% since 2010.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 47% since 2010.
Copper compounds
Copper compounds concentrations are up 41% since 2010.
Vanadium compounds
Vanadium compounds concentrations have fallen 10% since 2010.
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are up 88% since 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations are up 13% 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 fallen 48% since 2010.
Lead And Lead Compounds
Lead And Lead Compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,876. 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.