EPA TRI Facility · Food
Ninth Ave Foods
La Puente, CA · Parent: Heritage Distributing Co
- Total releases
- 27.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ninth Ave Foods: how the 27.2K lbs splits
27.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 27.2K lbs 100.0%
Ninth Ave Foods's 27.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Ninth Ave Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in La Puente, CA, in the food sector. It reported 7.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 27.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,534 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. Ninth Ave Foods is pounds #274 and chemical-count #562 at 27.2K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Allfast Fastening Systems LLC; Hill Brothers Chemical Co; Howmet Global Fastening Systems Inc.; Ecobat Resources California Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Zinpro Corp; Shearer's Foods; Nestle Prepared Foods Co; Associated Milk Producers Inc. Other Heritage Distributing Co sites in this extract: Ninth Ave Foods East. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Ninth Ave Foods stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Zinpro Corp and Shearer's Foods.
Ninth Ave Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ninth Ave Foods: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Ninth Ave Foods reports the 753rd-largest volume (27.2K lbs). 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 Zinpro Corp and Shearer's Foods.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ninth Ave Foods's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Ninth Ave Foods Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ninth Ave Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 27.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Ninth Ave Foods: 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 Ninth Ave Foods year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 5.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 6.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 7.6K 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) | 27.2K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Ninth Ave Foods · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ninth Ave Foods
Closest other reporters in California - including Allfast Fastening Systems LLC, Hill Brothers Chemical Co, Howmet Global Fastening Systems Inc., ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ninth Ave Foods on cumulative reported pounds (27.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Koppel Steel Corp Baytown Plant, Trinity Tank Car Inc Plt 194, Zinpro Corp. 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.
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Other Heritage Distributing Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ninth Ave Foods East.
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 Allfast Fastening Systems LLC. Ninth Ave Foods 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.
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This Ninth Ave Foods 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.
Ninth Ave Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for La Puente, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.1% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Koppel Steel Corp Baytown Plant (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ninth Ave Foods 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