EPA TRI Facility · Food
Golden Grain
Bridgeview, IL · Parent: Pepsico Golden Holdings LLC
- Total releases
- 90.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Golden Grain: how the 90.3K lbs splits
90.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 90.3K lbs 100.0%
Golden Grain's 90.3K 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: Sulfuryl fluoride.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Golden Grain is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bridgeview, IL, in the food sector. It reported 15.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 90.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,812 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. Golden Grain is pounds #192 and chemical-count #745 at 90.3K 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: Signode Industrial Group LLC; Univar USA Inc; Univar Solutions USA; Italmatch Sc LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: A. Zerega's Sons Inc.; Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant; Lamb Weston Inc; Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride.
Golden Grain stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 90.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include A. Zerega's Sons Inc. and Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant.
Golden Grain vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
90K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Golden Grain: Sulfuryl fluoride-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Golden Grain reports the 516th-largest volume (90.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuryl fluoride alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include A. Zerega's Sons Inc. and Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Golden Grain's pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuryl fluoride at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Golden Grain's total reported releases fell from 18.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Golden Grain's air releases fell from 18.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Golden Grain Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Golden Grain releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 90.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 29% (22.1K lbs to 15.7K lbs).
Golden Grain: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Golden Grain year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 29% 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: Sulfuryl fluoride.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 22.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 16.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 18.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 18.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 15.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuryl fluoride | 90.3K lbs | - |
Golden Grain · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Golden Grain
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Signode Industrial Group LLC, Univar USA Inc, Univar Solutions USA, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. A. Zerega's Sons Inc., Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant, Lamb Weston Inc.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Golden Grain on cumulative reported pounds (90.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Koppers Inc. (north Little Rock Ar), Univar Solutions USA - Tewksbury Ma, Patrick Industries Inc. D/b/a Alpha Systems. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Koppers Inc. (north Little Rock Ar) North Little Rock, AR · Wood Products 90.3K lbs reported
- Univar Solutions USA - Tewksbury Ma Tewksbury, MA · Chemical Wholesalers 90.3K lbs reported
- Patrick Industries Inc. D/b/a Alpha Systems Elkhart, IN · Chemicals 90.3K lbs reported
- Indian Springs Gas Plant Livingston, TX · Natural Gas Processing 90.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Sulfuryl fluoride; nearby reporters include Signode Industrial Group LLC. Golden Grain stamps LIGHT 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 Golden Grain TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Sulfuryl fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Golden Grain totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bridgeview, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311824 · Food. 0.1% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Koppers Inc. (north Little Rock Ar) (Δ 22 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Golden Grain stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Sulfuryl fluoride. 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