Valero Welcome Plant
Total reported releases 33k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+31%). Total releases concentrations are up 56% since 2010.
1444 120TH STREET, Welcome, Minnesota · 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 have more than doubled since 2010.
Formic acid
Formic acid concentrations are up 28% since 2010.
Acrolein
Acrolein concentrations are up 74% since 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations have fallen 48% since 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations have fallen 41% since 2010.
Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Benzene
Benzene concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (2 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,946. 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.