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Poet Biorefining - Shell Rock Ethanol

Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $10,000 in recorded penalties.

Significant Violation Chemicals TRI + Clean Air Act + Clean Water Act + RCRA 110030490494 Butler County
Noncompliance quarters
10

Counted from the imported ECHO record over the last 12 quarters.

Penalties
$10,000

Recorded enforcement amount carried into the facility page.

Last inspection
2025-06-26

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Reported on-site releases are higher in 2024 than in 2022.

Year Air Water Land Total
2022 45,673 lbs 0 lbs 0 lbs 45,673 lbs
2023 141,817 lbs 0 lbs 0 lbs 141,817 lbs
2024 103,216 lbs 0 lbs 0 lbs 103,216 lbs
Chemical breakdown

What this facility is reporting

  • air 61,848 lbs

    Acetaldehyde

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 15,466 lbs

    Methanol

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 15,230 lbs

    Acrolein

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 5,752 lbs

    Formic acid

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 4,920 lbs

    n-Hexane

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 0 lbs

    Benzene

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 0 lbs

    Cyclohexane

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 0 lbs

    Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 0 lbs

    Nitric acid

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

  • air 0 lbs

    Toluene

    Latest 2024 TRI data shows air as the largest reported pathway for this chemical at the facility.

Enforcement layer

Why the ECHO-style detail matters

Significant Violation across 10 of the last 12 quarters, with $10,000 in recorded penalties.

Significant Violation Last recorded inspection: 2025-06-26. Total penalties on record: $10,000.