EPA TRI Facility · Food
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery
Fortuna, CA · Parent: Crystal Creamery Inc
- Total releases
- 547.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery: how the 547.2K lbs splits
547.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 547.2K lbs 100.0%
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery's 547.2K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fortuna, CA, in the food sector. It reported 146.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 547.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,843 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery is pounds #47 and chemical-count #528 at 547.2K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Humboldt Sawmill Co & Cogeneration Plant; Pg&e Humboldt Bay Power Plant; Rumiano Cheese Co; J.f. Shea Construction Inc. Aggregate Products. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton; Sanderson Farms LLC; Long Prairie Packing Co; Michigan Sugar Co - Bay City Factory. Other Crystal Creamery Inc sites in this extract: Crystal Creamery Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 547.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton and Sanderson Farms LLC.
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
547K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery inside Humboldt's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery reports the 224th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.3% of its sector. This one site accounts for 75.9% of every pound reported in Humboldt. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton and Sanderson Farms LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Humboldt's reported pounds (721.4K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery's total reported releases rose from 115.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 146.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery's land releases rose from 115.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 146.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery Form-R facts
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139974.9× more than the comparison
2.0× more than the comparison
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 Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 547.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 89% (77.4K lbs to 146.1K lbs).
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery year-over-year reported totals (increased by 89% 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 | 77.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 88.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 119.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 115.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 146.1K 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) | 547.2K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery
Closest other reporters in California - including Humboldt Sawmill Co & Cogeneration Plant, Pg&e Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Rumiano Cheese Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Cargill Inc Wet Corn Milling - Wahpeton, Sanderson Farms LLC, Long Prairie Packing Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery on cumulative reported pounds (547.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc, Morgantown Energy Associates, Gatto Industrial Platers Inc.. 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.
- Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc Cadillac, MI · Plastics and Rubber 547.2K lbs reported
- Morgantown Energy Associates Morgantown, WV · Electric Utilities 547.5K lbs reported
- Gatto Industrial Platers Inc. Chicago, IL · Fabricated Metals 546.8K lbs reported
- Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill Fort Smith, AR · Primary Metals 547.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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 Humboldt Sawmill Co & Cogeneration Plant. Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery stamps MID volume · LAND 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 Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery TRI extract (MID · LAND · 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.
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fortuna, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311520 · Food. 75.9% of Humboldt TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc (Δ 86 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Crystal Creamery Inc. DBA Humboldt Creamery stamps MID volume · LAND 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