EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc
Fort Pierce, FL
- Total releases
- 428.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc: how the 428.6K lbs splits
428.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 213.7K lbs 49.9%
- Land Disposal 207.2K lbs 48.3%
- Off-site Transfers 7.7K lbs 1.8%
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc's 428.6K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 49.9% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 48.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Pierce, FL, in the food sector. It reported 48.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 428.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,141 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. Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc is pounds #49 and chemical-count #88 at 428.6K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Contender Boats Fort Pierce Plant; Coastal an Oldcastle Co; Maschmeyer-Fort Pierce Rm; Titan Florida-Ft. Pierce Rmc/blk Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Florida: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Foremost Farms USA; Continental Dairy Facilities LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol; Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Fort Pierce, FL: 428.6K lbs across 5 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 49.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Prairie Farms Dairy Inc and Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
429K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc reports the 257th-largest volume, placing it in the top 13% of its sector. Scale peers outside Florida include Prairie Farms Dairy Inc and Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc's total reported releases fell from 85.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 48.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc's air releases fell from 47.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc's off-site transfers fell from 174 lb in 2022 to 130 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc Form-R facts
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5.0× more than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 428.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 52% (101.9K lbs to 48.6K lbs).
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% 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 | 101.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 103.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 89.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 85.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 48.6K 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) | 211.8K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 176.4K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 27.5K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 12.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc in St. Lucie
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc
Closest other reporters in Florida - including Contender Boats Fort Pierce Plant, Coastal an Oldcastle Co, Maschmeyer-Fort Pierce Rm, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Saputo Cheese USA Inc, Foremost Farms USA.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc on cumulative reported pounds (428.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Avantor Performance Materials, Appvion Operations Inc, De Nora Tech. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
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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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol, Ammonia, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Contender Boats Fort Pierce Plant. Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc stamps MID volume · MIXED 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 Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc TRI extract (MID · MIXED · 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.
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Pierce, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311411 · Food. 17.8% of St. Lucie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Avantor Performance Materials (Δ 206 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tropicana Manufacturing Co Inc stamps MID · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 49.9%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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