EPA TRI Facility · Food
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant
Tempe, AZ · Parent: Safeway Inc
- Total releases
- 6.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant: how the 6.4K lbs splits
6.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.4K lbs 99.6%
- Air Releases 25 lbs 0.4%
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant's 6.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tempe, AZ, in the food sector. It reported 2.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 6.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,708 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 Tempe Milk Plant is pounds #116 and chemical-count #145 at 6.4K 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: Schreiber Foods Inc; United Dairymen of Arizona; Advanced Turbine Components Manufacturing; Acme Aerospace Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arizona: Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars; Sugar Creek Packing Co.; Lala Branded Products LLC; Alamo Dynamic LLC DBA Dynamic Foods. Other Safeway Inc sites in this extract: Safeway Milk Plant; Safeway; 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.
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.6% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars and Sugar Creek Packing Co..
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.4K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Safeway Tempe Milk Plant reports the 997th-largest volume (6.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Arizona include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars and Sugar Creek Packing Co..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Safeway Tempe Milk Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 99.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Safeway Tempe Milk Plant's total reported releases fell from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safeway Tempe Milk Plant's off-site transfers fell from 2.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant Form-R facts
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See how Safeway Tempe Milk Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Safeway Tempe Milk Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 42500% (5 lbs to 2.1K lbs).
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Safeway Tempe Milk Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 42500% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.1K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 6.4K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 25 lbs | - |
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safeway Tempe Milk Plant
Closest other reporters in Arizona - including Schreiber Foods Inc, United Dairymen of Arizona, Advanced Turbine Components Manufacturing, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 287 other reporting facilities in Arizona.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arizona - e.g. Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars, Sugar Creek Packing Co., Lala Branded Products LLC.
Compare beyond Arizona
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Safeway Tempe Milk Plant on cumulative reported pounds (6.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Ademco Inc, Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Inc, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars. 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.
- Ademco Inc San Diego, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 6.4K lbs reported
- Shin-Etsu Silicones of America Inc Freeport, TX · Chemicals 6.4K lbs reported
- Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Kemps Le Mars Le Mars, IA · Food 6.4K lbs reported
- Sprague East Providence Terminal East Providence, RI · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 6.4K lbs reported
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, 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 Schreiber Foods Inc. Safeway Tempe Milk Plant 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 Tempe Milk Plant 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 Tempe Milk Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Tempe, AZ, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.1% of Maricopa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ademco Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safeway Tempe Milk Plant 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