EPA TRI Facility · Food
Safeway
Phoenix, AZ · Parent: Safeway Inc
- Total releases
- 3.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Safeway: how the 3.0K lbs splits
3.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.0K lbs 99.7%
- Air Releases 10 lbs 0.3%
Safeway's 3.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Safeway is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Phoenix, AZ, in the food sector. It reported 347 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 3.0K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,105 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arizona's 288 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Safeway is pounds #141 and chemical-count #152 at 3.0K lbs. Freeport-McMoran Miami Inc leads reported pounds (129.3M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc leads chemical count at 33 chemicals (36.9M lbs, pounds #4). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Eberle Design LLC; Intrepid Coatings Inc; Lighting Resources LLC; Asm America Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arizona: Ajinomoto Foods N.a.; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; J.g. Boswell Co - Kings Tomato; Hiland Dairy Co. Other Safeway Inc sites in this extract: Safeway Milk Plant; Safeway Tempe Milk Plant; Jerseymaid Milk Products Vons Co Inc; Safeway Inc- Milk Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Compare Safeway with
Nearest reporters in Arizona
- Eberle Design LLC Phoenix · 6 lbs
- Intrepid Coatings Inc Phoenix · 3.0K lbs
- Lighting Resources LLC Phoenix · 10.5K lbs
- Asm America Inc. Phoenix · 1.5K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Ajinomoto Foods N.a. (MO) · Saputo Cheese USA Inc (CA) · J.g. Boswell Co - Kings Tomato (CA)
Safeway stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.7% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ajinomoto Foods N.a. and Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Safeway vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Safeway: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Safeway reports the 1,080th-largest volume (3.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Arizona include Ajinomoto Foods N.a. and Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Safeway's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 99.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Safeway's total reported releases fell from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 347 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safeway's off-site transfers fell from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 342 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Safeway Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safeway releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 87% (2.7K lbs to 347 lbs).
Safeway: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Safeway year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 87% from 2022 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 347 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 10 lbs | - |
Safeway · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safeway
Closest other reporters in Arizona - including Eberle Design LLC, Intrepid Coatings Inc, Lighting Resources LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arizona - e.g. Ajinomoto Foods N.a., Saputo Cheese USA Inc, J.g. Boswell Co - Kings Tomato.
Compare beyond Arizona
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Safeway on cumulative reported pounds (3.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Ajinomoto Foods N.a., Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp North Canton, Schawk Milwaukee. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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).
Other Safeway Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Safeway Milk Plant, Safeway Tempe Milk Plant, Jerseymaid Milk Products Vons Co Inc.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Eberle Design LLC. Safeway stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN 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 Safeway TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Safeway totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Phoenix, AZ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 311520 · Food. 0.0% of Maricopa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ajinomoto Foods N.a. (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safeway stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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