EPA TRI Facility · Food
Lamb Weston Inc
American Falls, ID · Parent: Lamb Weston Inc
- Total releases
- 212.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Lamb Weston Inc: how the 212.3K lbs splits
212.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 205.1K lbs 96.6%
- Air Releases 7.2K lbs 3.4%
Lamb Weston Inc's 212.3K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 96.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Lamb Weston Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in American Falls, ID, in the food sector. It reported 73.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 212.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,148 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. Lamb Weston Inc is pounds #33 and chemical-count #45 at 212.3K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pocatello Airtanker Base; J R Simplot Co Don Sid Ing; La Semiconductor Llc.; Blackfoot Brass. Similar-scale Food peers outside Idaho: Berner Cheese Corp; Agri-Mark Inc; Whitewave Foods Dallas; Michigan Milk Producers Assoc. Other Lamb Weston Inc sites in this extract: Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility; Lamb Weston Inc.; Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant; Lamb Weston Inc. - Paterson Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Lamb Weston Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (96.6% land disposal) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 212.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Berner Cheese Corp and Agri-Mark Inc.
Lamb Weston Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
212K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Lamb Weston Inc: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Lamb Weston Inc reports the 358th-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 71.1% of the total. Scale peers outside Idaho include Berner Cheese Corp and Agri-Mark Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Lamb Weston Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 71.1%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Lamb Weston Inc's total reported releases rose from 41.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 73.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lamb Weston Inc's land releases rose from 37.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 70.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Lamb Weston Inc's air releases fell from 3.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Lamb Weston Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Lamb Weston Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 212.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 133% (31.7K lbs to 73.7K lbs).
Lamb Weston Inc: 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 Lamb Weston Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 133% 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 | 31.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 36.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 29.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 41.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 73.7K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 150.8K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 61.4K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Lamb Weston Inc · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Lamb Weston Inc
Closest other reporters in Idaho - including Pocatello Airtanker Base, J R Simplot Co Don Sid Ing, La Semiconductor Llc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Idaho - e.g. Berner Cheese Corp, Agri-Mark Inc, Whitewave Foods Dallas.
Compare beyond Idaho
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Lamb Weston Inc on cumulative reported pounds (212.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Zehrco-Giancola Composites Inc., Chemdesign Products Inc, Arrow Finishing. 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 Lamb Weston Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility, Lamb Weston Inc., Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant.
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 Pocatello Airtanker Base. Lamb Weston Inc 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.
Use and verify this record
This Lamb Weston Inc TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Lamb Weston Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for American Falls, ID, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311411 · Food. 1.2% of Power TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Zehrco-Giancola Composites Inc. (Δ 15 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Lamb Weston Inc stamps MID volume · LAND 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