3M CO - Brownwood
Total reported releases 89k lb fell meaningfully year over year (-23%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 43% since 2010.
4501 HWY 377 S, Brownwood, Texas · 326113 · Plastics and Rubber · operated by 3M Co
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
Xylene (mixed isomers)
Xylene (mixed isomers) concentrations are up 40% since 2010.
n-Butyl alcohol
n-Butyl alcohol concentrations are up 22% since 2010.
Barium And Barium Compounds
Barium And Barium Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Ethylbenzene
Ethylbenzene concentrations are up 42% since 2010.
Toluene
Toluene concentrations have fallen 32% since 2010.
Methyl isobutyl ketone
Methyl isobutyl ketone concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (12 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 14,110. 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.