EPA TRI Facility · Food
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239
Morris, IL · Parent: Costco Wholesale Inc
- Total releases
- 17 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239: how the 17 lbs splits
17 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 17 lbs 100.0%
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239's 17 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Morris, IL, in the food sector. It reported 5 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 17 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 18,106 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 is pounds #815 and chemical-count #904 at 17 lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Oldcastle Apg - Morris; TRI State Asphalt LLC; Sponge Cushion Inc; Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Meadow Gold Dairy; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms; Murphy Brown LLC New Colony Feed Mill; Ingredion Inc Idaho Falls Plant. Other Costco Wholesale Inc sites in this extract: Lincoln Premium Poultry; Costco Optical Lab #908; Costco Optical Lab #190. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 17 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Meadow Gold Dairy and Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms.
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
17 lbs 30th percentile higher than 30% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 reports the 1,316th-largest volume (17 lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Meadow Gold Dairy and Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 17 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 400% (1 lbs to 5 lbs).
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 400% 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 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 5 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 17 lbs | - |
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Oldcastle Apg - Morris, TRI State Asphalt LLC, Sponge Cushion Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Meadow Gold Dairy, Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Murphy Brown LLC New Colony Feed Mill.
Other Costco Wholesale Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Lincoln Premium Poultry, Costco Optical Lab #908, Costco Optical Lab #190.
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; nearby reporters include Oldcastle Apg - Morris. Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Morris, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 0.0% of Grundy TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Airgas USA LLC Miamiville (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Costco Morris Meat Plant #1239 stamps TRACE 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