EPA TRI Facility · Food
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton
Compton, CA · Parent: The Kroger Co
- Total releases
- 5.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton: how the 5.9K lbs splits
5.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 5.9K lbs 100.0%
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton's 5.9K 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
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Compton, CA, in the food sector. It reported 5.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 10,886 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. Ralphs Grocery Co Compton is pounds #482 and chemical-count #600 at 5.9K 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: Alloy Processing; Parter Sterilization Services a Div of Parter Medical; Fs Precision Technology LLC; Plaskolite West Llc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Biozyme Inc; Best-Ever Dairy Products; House of Flavors; Perdue Foods LLC - Washington Processing Plant. Other The Kroger Co sites in this extract: Heritage Farms Dairy; Kroger Mountain View Foods; Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co; Tamarack Farms Dairy. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.9K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Biozyme Inc and Best-Ever Dairy Products.
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.9K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Ralphs Grocery Co Compton reports the 1,013th-largest volume (5.9K 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 Biozyme Inc and Best-Ever Dairy Products.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ralphs Grocery Co Compton's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ralphs Grocery Co Compton releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 100% (1.8K lbs to 0 lbs).
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Ralphs Grocery Co Compton year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2022). 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 | 1.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 5.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ralphs Grocery Co Compton
Closest other reporters in California - including Alloy Processing, Parter Sterilization Services a Div of Parter Medical, Fs Precision Technology LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Biozyme Inc, Best-Ever Dairy Products, House of Flavors.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ralphs Grocery Co Compton on cumulative reported pounds (5.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Mb Frac Vi&viii, Biozyme Inc, Gartland Foundry Co 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other The Kroger Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Heritage Farms Dairy, Kroger Mountain View Foods, Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co.
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 Alloy Processing. Ralphs Grocery Co Compton 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 Ralphs Grocery Co Compton 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.
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Compton, CA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.0% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mb Frac Vi&viii (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ralphs Grocery Co Compton 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