EPA TRI Facility · Food
Phibro Animal Health Corp
Chicago Heights, IL · Parent: Phibro Animal Health Corp
- Total releases
- 24.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Phibro Animal Health Corp: how the 24.4K lbs splits
24.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 23.5K lbs 96.5%
- Air Releases 849 lbs 3.5%
Phibro Animal Health Corp's 24.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 96.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Phibro Animal Health Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chicago Heights, IL, in the food sector. It reported 5.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 24.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,802 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. Phibro Animal Health Corp is pounds #320 and chemical-count #406 at 24.4K 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: Vesuvius Usa-Chicago Heights Plant; Itw Specialty Films; Behr Process LLC - Chicago Heights; Mid-Town Petroleum Acquisition LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture; Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC; General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div; General Mills Inc. Other Phibro Animal Health Corp sites in this extract: Phibro-Tech Inc.; Phibro Animal Health Corp; Prince Agri Products; Prince Agri Products Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Formaldehyde.
Phibro Animal Health Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (96.5% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture and Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC.
Phibro Animal Health Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
24K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Phibro Animal Health Corp: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Phibro Animal Health Corp reports the 776th-largest volume (24.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 96.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture and Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Phibro Animal Health Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 96.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Phibro Animal Health Corp's total reported releases fell from 6.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phibro Animal Health Corp's air releases fell from 101 lb in 2022 to 60 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Phibro Animal Health Corp's off-site transfers fell from 6.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 5.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Phibro Animal Health Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Phibro Animal Health Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 37% (4.2K lbs to 5.8K lbs).
Phibro Animal Health Corp: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Phibro Animal Health Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 37% 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 | 4.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 3.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 4.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 6.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 5.8K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 23.5K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 528 lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 321 lbs | Carcinogen |
Phibro Animal Health Corp · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Phibro Animal Health Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Vesuvius Usa-Chicago Heights Plant, Itw Specialty Films, Behr Process LLC - Chicago Heights, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture, Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC, General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Phibro Animal Health Corp on cumulative reported pounds (24.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Stoncor Group Inc., New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture, Ershigs Inc. 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 Phibro Animal Health Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Phibro-Tech Inc., Phibro Animal Health Corp, Prince Agri Products.
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, Formaldehyde; nearby reporters include Vesuvius Usa-Chicago Heights Plant. Phibro Animal Health Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Phibro Animal Health Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · 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.
Phibro Animal Health Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chicago Heights, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311119 · Food. 0.0% of Cook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Stoncor Group Inc. (Δ 18 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Phibro Animal Health Corp stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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