EPA TRI Facility · Food
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility
Blackfoot, ID · Parent: Basic American Foods
- Total releases
- 296.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility: how the 296.8K lbs splits
296.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 296.8K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 15 lbs <0.1%
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility's 296.8K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal 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).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Blackfoot, ID, in the food sector. It reported 55.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 296.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,603 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Idaho's 123 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility is pounds #29 and chemical-count #43 at 296.8K lbs. Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit leads reported pounds (58.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #9). US Ecology Idaho Inc. leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (10.2M lbs, pounds #6). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Idaho Asphalt Supply Inc Blackfoot Plant; Glanbia Foods Inc.; Blackfoot Brass; Sunroc DBA Depatco - 209 Pit. Similar-scale Food peers outside Idaho: Premium Protein Products LLC; Foremost Farms USA; Smithfield-Clinton; Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Other Basic American Foods sites in this extract: Basic American Foods Rexburg Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Chlorine.
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 296.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Premium Protein Products LLC and Foremost Farms USA.
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
297K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility inside Bingham's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility reports the 318th-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 43.9% of every pound reported in Bingham. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 69.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Idaho include Premium Protein Products LLC and Foremost Farms USA.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Bingham's reported pounds (676.4K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility's total reported releases fell from 73.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility's land releases fell from 73.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 296.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 1% (55.6K lbs to 55.0K lbs).
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 1% 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 | 55.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 50.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 61.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 73.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 55.0K 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) | 206.1K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 90.7K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 25 lbs | - |
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility
Closest other reporters in Idaho - including Idaho Asphalt Supply Inc Blackfoot Plant, Glanbia Foods Inc., Blackfoot Brass, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 122 other reporting facilities in Idaho.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Idaho - e.g. Premium Protein Products LLC, Foremost Farms USA, Smithfield-Clinton.
Compare beyond Idaho
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility on cumulative reported pounds (296.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Premium Protein Products LLC, Cardinal Health, Gateway Gas Plant. 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.
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 Basic American Foods Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Basic American Foods Rexburg Facility.
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), Ammonia, Chlorine; nearby reporters include Idaho Asphalt Supply Inc Blackfoot Plant. Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility stamps MID volume · LAND 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 Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility TRI extract (MID · LAND · 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.
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Blackfoot, ID, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311423 · Food. 43.9% of Bingham TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Premium Protein Products LLC (Δ 59 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility stamps MID volume · LAND 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