EPA TRI Facility · Food
Ferrara 31ST Street
Chicago, IL
- Total releases
- 8.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Ferrara 31ST Street: how the 8.9K lbs splits
8.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.5K lbs 51.2%
- Air Releases 4.3K lbs 48.8%
Ferrara 31ST Street's 8.9K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 51.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 48.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Ferrara 31ST Street is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago, IL, in the food sector. It reported 656 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 8.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,060 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. Ferrara 31ST Street is pounds #428 and chemical-count #578 at 8.9K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1033; Ace Midwest; Rr Street & Co Inc; Wheatland Tube Co - Chicago Div. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Better Baked Foods Inc; San Antonio Retail Support Center; Pilgrim's Pride Complex Canton; Hp Hood LLC Arkport. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Ferrara 31ST Street is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Chicago, IL: 8.9K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 51.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Better Baked Foods Inc and San Antonio Retail Support Center.
Ferrara 31ST Street vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
8.9K lbs Top 39% higher than 61% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ferrara 31ST Street in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Ferrara 31ST Street reports the 960th-largest volume (8.9K lbs). Scale peers outside Illinois include Better Baked Foods Inc and San Antonio Retail Support Center.
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
- Ferrara 31ST Street's total reported releases fell from 863 lb in 2022 to 656 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ferrara 31ST Street's air releases fell from 863 lb in 2022 to 656 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Ferrara 31ST Street Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ferrara 31ST Street releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 15% (772 lbs to 656 lbs).
Ferrara 31ST Street: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Ferrara 31ST Street year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% 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 | 772 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 863 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 656 lbs | 1 |
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) | 4.5K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 4.3K lbs | - |
Ferrara 31ST Street in Cook
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ferrara 31ST Street
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1033, Ace Midwest, Rr Street & Co Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Better Baked Foods Inc, San Antonio Retail Support Center, Pilgrim's Pride Complex Canton.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ferrara 31ST Street on cumulative reported pounds (8.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Sunoco Euless Tx Terminal, Cleanpart Southwest, Birchwood Power Facility. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
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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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Vcna Prairie LLC - Yard 1033. Ferrara 31ST Street stamps LIGHT 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 Ferrara 31ST Street TRI extract (LIGHT · 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.
Ferrara 31ST Street totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311340 · Food. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sunoco Euless Tx Terminal (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ferrara 31ST Street stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 51.2%). 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