EPA TRI Facility · Food
Safeway Milk Plant
San Leandro, CA · Parent: Safeway Inc
- Total releases
- 44.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Safeway Milk Plant: how the 44.0K lbs splits
44.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 44.0K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 25 lbs 0.1%
Safeway Milk Plant's 44.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Safeway Milk Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in San Leandro, CA, in the food sector. It reported 10.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 44.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,407 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. Safeway Milk Plant is pounds #219 and chemical-count #556 at 44.0K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pcc Structurals-San Leandro; Fxi Inc; Ab&i Foundry; Chemical Compounding Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar; Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC; Hiland Dairy Foods LLC; Hiland Dairy Foods LLC. Other Safeway Inc sites in this extract: Safeway Tempe 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.
Compare Safeway Milk Plant with
Nearest reporters in California
- Pcc Structurals-San Leandro San Leandro · 14.7K lbs
- Fxi Inc San Leandro · 516 lbs
- Ab&i Foundry Oakland · 436.1K lbs
- Chemical Compounding Co Oakland · 665 lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar (AR) · Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC (OH) · Hiland Dairy Foods LLC (TX)
Safeway Milk Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 44.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar and Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC.
Safeway Milk Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
44K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Safeway Milk Plant: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Safeway Milk Plant reports the 654th-largest volume (44.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar and Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Safeway Milk Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Safeway Milk Plant's total reported releases fell from 12.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Safeway Milk Plant's off-site transfers fell from 12.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Safeway Milk Plant Form-R facts
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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 Milk Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 44.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 111% (4.9K lbs to 10.3K lbs).
Safeway 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 Milk Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 111% 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 | 4.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 7.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 8.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 12.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10.3K 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) | 44.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 25 lbs | - |
Safeway Milk Plant · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Safeway Milk Plant
Closest other reporters in California - including Pcc Structurals-San Leandro, Fxi Inc, Ab&i Foundry, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar, Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC, Hiland Dairy Foods LLC.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Safeway Milk Plant on cumulative reported pounds (44.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Xerox Joseph C Wilson Ctr for Technology, Pyromation Inc, Altuglas Louisville Plant. 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.
- Xerox Joseph C Wilson Ctr for Technology Webster, NY · Machinery 44.0K lbs reported
- Pyromation Inc Fort Wayne, IN · Computers and Electronic Products 44.0K lbs reported
- Altuglas Louisville Plant Louisville, KY · Plastics and Rubber 44.0K lbs reported
- Coastal Chemical Co. LLC Abbeville, LA · Chemical Wholesalers 44.0K 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 Tempe 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 Pcc Structurals-San Leandro. Safeway 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 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 Milk Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for San Leandro, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.5% of Alameda TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Xerox Joseph C Wilson Ctr for Technology (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Safeway 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