Northwest Dairy Assoc
10 facilities · 4 states · 1.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Northwest Dairy Assoc is the reported parent of 10 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 1.1M lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 27 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Washington (830.9K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Northwest Dairy Assoc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Northwest Dairy Assoc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-3.8%
10 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-3.8%
224.9 thousand lb → 216.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Northwest Dairy Assoc's total reported releases fell from 224.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 216.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Northwest Dairy Assoc's chemicals reported fell from 6 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Northwest Dairy Assoc's land releases fell from 35 lb in 2022 to 25 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Northwest Dairy Assoc's air releases fell from 40 lb in 2022 to 30 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Northwest Dairy Assoc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Darigold - Sunnyside; Darigold - Issaquah; Darigold - Chehalis; Darigold-Boise. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Lamb Weston Inc; Teck American Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Benzoyl peroxide; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Washington; Idaho; Oregon. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Darigold - Sunnyside; Darigold - Issaquah; Darigold - Chehalis; Darigold-Boise. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Lamb Weston Inc; Teck American Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Benzoyl peroxide; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Washington; Idaho; Oregon. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Northwest Dairy Assoc ranks #598 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Northwest Dairy Assoc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Northwest Dairy Assoc's disclosed pounds are spread across 10 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Northwest Dairy Assoc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Lamb Weston Inc; Teck American Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Northwest Dairy Assoc sits among TRI parents
Northwest Dairy Assoc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Lamb Weston Inc and Teck American Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Lamb Weston Inc · rank #596 · 13.6M lbs
- Teck American Inc · rank #597 · 6.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Northwest Dairy Assoc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Benzoyl peroxide; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Darigold - Sunnyside. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.1M lbs |
| Nitric acid | 165 lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 126 lbs |
| Benzoyl peroxide | 0 lbs |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 5 | 830.9K lbs |
| Idaho | 3 | 225.3K lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 42.6K lbs |
| Montana | 1 | 14.3K lbs |
Facilities (10)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Darigold - Sunnyside Sunnyside, WA | 510.1K lbs |
| Darigold - Issaquah Issaquah, WA | 134.4K lbs |
| Darigold - Chehalis Chehalis, WA | 95.1K lbs |
| Darigold-Boise Boise, ID | 82.9K lbs |
| Darigold-Jerome Jerome, ID | 82.6K lbs |
| Darigold - Lynden Lynden, WA | 73.8K lbs |
| Darigold-Caldwell Caldwell, ID | 59.8K lbs |
| Darigold - Portland Portland, OR | 42.6K lbs |
| Darigold-Rainier Seattle, WA | 17.5K lbs |
| Darigold-Bozeman Bozeman, MT | 14.3K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Northwest Dairy Assoc on total disclosed release pounds (1.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (10). Release-volume peers include Gcc of America, Tenaris, Henkel of America Inc. Facility-count peers include Aalberts US Holding Corp, Altec Industries Inc, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Washington, Idaho, Oregon; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Northwest Dairy Assoc's TRI parent record
From Northwest Dairy Assoc, open Darigold - Sunnyside or compare against Lamb Weston Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Northwest Dairy Assoc (Darigold - Sunnyside in WA). Largest facility
- Compare against Teck American Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Northwest Dairy Assoc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Lamb Weston Inc, Teck American Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Northwest Dairy Assoc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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