EPA TRI Facility · Food
Florida's Natural Growers Inc.
Lake Wales, FL
- Total releases
- 78.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Florida's Natural Growers Inc.: how the 78.1K lbs splits
78.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 77.9K lbs 99.7%
- Land Disposal 255 lbs 0.3%
Florida's Natural Growers Inc.'s 78.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lake Wales, FL, in the food sector. It reported 15.2K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 78.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,115 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Florida's 659 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Florida's Natural Growers Inc. is pounds #135 and chemical-count #170 at 78.1K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds (116.3M lbs) at 27 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (2.4M lbs, pounds #15). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: General Engines Co Inc; Citrosuco N.a. Inc; Polyglass USA Inc; Synergy Recycling of Central Florida LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Florida: Swift & Co; Wwf Operating Co LLC; Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant; Crystal Creamery Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (99.7% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 78.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Swift & Co and Wwf Operating Co LLC.
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
78K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Florida's Natural Growers Inc.: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Florida's Natural Growers Inc. reports the 546th-largest volume (78.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 99.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Florida include Swift & Co and Wwf Operating Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Florida's Natural Growers Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 99.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Florida's Natural Growers Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 78.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 20% (18.8K lbs to 15.2K lbs).
Florida's Natural Growers Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Florida's Natural Growers Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 20% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 18.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 19.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 10.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 15.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 15.2K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 77.8K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 255 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 10 lbs | - |
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. · AIR-pathway site
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Swift & Co, Wwf Operating Co LLC, Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Florida's Natural Growers Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (78.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Aquatic Co, Zochem LLC, Remet Pic Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include General Engines Co Inc. Florida's Natural Growers Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Florida's Natural Growers Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lake Wales, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311421 · Food. 0.6% of Polk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aquatic Co (Δ 7 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Florida's Natural Growers Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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