EPA TRI Facility · Food
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
Granite City, IL · Parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
- Total releases
- 223.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: how the 223.9K lbs splits
223.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 223.9K lbs 100.0%
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's 223.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Granite City, IL, in the food sector. It reported 50 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 223.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,049 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. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc is pounds #119 and chemical-count #380 at 223.9K 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: Granite City Pickling & Warehousing Inc.; Amsted Rail Co Inc; Mayco Manufacturing LLC; U.S. Steel Granite City Works. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Friesland Campina; Omega Protein Corp; Agropur; Hearthside Food Solutions. Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sites in this extract: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms-Rockford; Hiland Dairy Foods Co; Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Certain glycol ethers.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 223.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Friesland Campina and Omega Protein Corp.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
224K 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
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Prairie Farms Dairy Inc reports the 348th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 98.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Friesland Campina and Omega Protein Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 98.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's total reported releases fell from 786 lb in 2022 to 50 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Prairie Farms Dairy Inc's off-site transfers fell from 786 lb in 2022 to 50 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Prairie Farms Dairy Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 223.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (103.1K lbs to 50 lbs).
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Prairie Farms Dairy Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 103.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 119.9K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 75 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 786 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 50 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 221.4K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 21 lbs | - |
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Granite City Pickling & Warehousing Inc., Amsted Rail Co Inc, Mayco Manufacturing LLC, 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. Friesland Campina, Omega Protein Corp, Agropur.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prairie Farms Dairy Inc on cumulative reported pounds (223.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant, Entegris Inc, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp (new River Energetics). 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.
- Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant Bridgeport, NJ · Chemicals 223.8K lbs reported
- Entegris Inc Burnet, TX · Chemicals 224.0K lbs reported
- Northrop Grumman Systems Corp (new River Energetics) Radford, VA · Chemicals 224.0K lbs reported
- Exxonmobil Chemical Co Baton Rouge Polyolefins Plant Baton Rouge, LA · Chemicals 224.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Prairie Farms-Rockford, Hiland Dairy Foods Co.
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 Nitric acid, Peracetic acid, Certain glycol ethers; nearby reporters include Granite City Pickling & Warehousing Inc.. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Granite City, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.7% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Valtris Specialty Chemicals-Delaware River Plant (Δ 54 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prairie Farms Dairy Inc stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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