EPA TRI Facility · Food
Stremicks Heritage Foods
Santa Ana, CA · Parent: Dairy Farmers of America Inc
- Total releases
- 60.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Stremicks Heritage Foods: how the 60.8K lbs splits
60.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 60.8K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 10 lbs <0.1%
Stremicks Heritage Foods's 60.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% 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
Stremicks Heritage Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Santa Ana, CA, in the food sector. It reported 16.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 60.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,688 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. Stremicks Heritage Foods is pounds #193 and chemical-count #551 at 60.8K 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: Jd Processing Inc; Robertson's Ready Mix Santa Ana Plant 17; Reid Metal Finishing; Aluminum Precision Products Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Simmons Bridgeville; Adm Animal Nutrition Inc; Dakota Growers Pasta Company-Carrington Plant; Tree Top Inc - Prosser Sprayfield. Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc sites in this extract: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Dairiconcepts L.P.; Portales Dairy Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Stremicks Heritage Foods stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 60.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Simmons Bridgeville and Adm Animal Nutrition Inc.
Stremicks Heritage Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
61K lbs Top 22% higher than 78% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Stremicks Heritage Foods: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Stremicks Heritage Foods reports the 587th-largest volume (60.8K 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 Simmons Bridgeville and Adm Animal Nutrition Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Stremicks Heritage Foods'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
- Stremicks Heritage Foods's total reported releases rose from 13.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Stremicks Heritage Foods's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 10 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Stremicks Heritage Foods's off-site transfers rose from 13.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Stremicks Heritage Foods Form-R facts
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99.4× 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 Stremicks Heritage Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 60.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 103% (8.3K lbs to 16.9K lbs).
Stremicks Heritage 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 Stremicks Heritage Foods year-over-year reported totals (increased by 103% 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 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 13.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 13.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.9K 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) | 60.8K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 5 lbs | - |
Stremicks Heritage Foods · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Stremicks Heritage Foods
Closest other reporters in California - including Jd Processing Inc, Robertson's Ready Mix Santa Ana Plant 17, Reid Metal Finishing, 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. Simmons Bridgeville, Adm Animal Nutrition Inc, Dakota Growers Pasta Company-Carrington Plant.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Stremicks Heritage Foods on cumulative reported pounds (60.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Cambria Cogen Co, Pet Processors LLC, Broan-Nutone LLC. 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 Dairy Farmers of America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Dairiconcepts L.P..
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 Jd Processing Inc. Stremicks Heritage 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.
Use and verify this record
This Stremicks Heritage 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.
Stremicks Heritage Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Santa Ana, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311520 · Food. 2.5% of Orange TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cambria Cogen Co (Δ 50 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Stremicks Heritage 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