EPA TRI Facility · Food
Star Kist Samoa Co
Pago Pago, AS · Parent: Starkist Co
- Total releases
- 246.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Star Kist Samoa Co: how the 246.0K lbs splits
246.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 222.3K lbs 90.4%
- Air Releases 22.2K lbs 9.0%
- Off-site Transfers 1.5K lbs 0.6%
Star Kist Samoa Co's 246.0K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 90.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume WATER pathway TRACE-CARC
Star Kist Samoa Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Pago Pago, AS, in the food sector. It reported 58.9K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 246.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,893 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Similar-scale Food peers outside American Samoa: Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Texarkana; Darling Ingredients Inc; Peco Foods Inc - Canton Fulton Street; Tree Top Inc - Selah Sprayfield. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Formic acid; Formaldehyde; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Star Kist Samoa Co stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (90.4% water discharges) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 246.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Texarkana and Darling Ingredients Inc.
Star Kist Samoa Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
246K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Star Kist Samoa Co inside Eastern's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Star Kist Samoa Co reports the 342nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Eastern. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 98.5% of the total. Scale peers outside American Samoa include Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Texarkana and Darling Ingredients Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Eastern's reported pounds (246.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Star Kist Samoa Co's total reported releases fell from 85.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 58.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Star Kist Samoa Co's water releases fell from 79.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Star Kist Samoa Co's air releases fell from 5.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Star Kist Samoa Co's off-site transfers rose from 189 lb in 2022 to 211 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Star Kist Samoa Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Star Kist Samoa Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 246.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 86% (31.7K lbs to 58.9K lbs).
Star Kist Samoa Co: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Star Kist Samoa Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 86% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 31.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 580 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 69.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 85.4K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 58.9K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 242.3K lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 698 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Star Kist Samoa Co · WATER-pathway site
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside American Samoa - e.g. Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients - Texarkana, Darling Ingredients Inc, Peco Foods Inc - Canton Fulton Street.
Compare beyond American Samoa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Star Kist Samoa Co on cumulative reported pounds (246.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Cytiva US LLC, Tesoro Alaska - Kenai Refinery, Garmin International Miramar. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ammonia, Formic acid, Formaldehyde, Polycyclic aromatic compounds. Star Kist Samoa Co stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Star Kist Samoa Co TRI extract (MID · WATER · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Star Kist Samoa Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Pago Pago, AS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311710 · Food. 100% of Eastern TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cytiva US LLC (Δ 89 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Star Kist Samoa Co stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Ammonia. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov