EPA TRI Facility · Food
Prairie Farms-Rockford
Rockford, IL · Parent: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc
- Total releases
- 73.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Prairie Farms-Rockford: how the 73.4K lbs splits
73.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 73.4K lbs 100.0%
Prairie Farms-Rockford's 73.4K 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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Prairie Farms-Rockford is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rockford, IL, in the food sector. It reported 2.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 73.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 5,264 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-Rockford is pounds #214 and chemical-count #748 at 73.4K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sherwin-Williams Co; Forest City Technologies - Rockford Plant; V-Rod USA Inc DBA Fiberglass Innovations; K & J Finishing. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility; Nhs U.S. LLC; Darigold - Lynden; Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div. Other Prairie Farms Dairy Inc sites in this extract: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Hiland Dairy Foods Co; Hiland Dairy Foods Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Prairie Farms-Rockford stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 73.4K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility and Nhs U.S. LLC.
Prairie Farms-Rockford vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
73K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Prairie Farms-Rockford: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Prairie Farms-Rockford reports the 558th-largest volume (73.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility and Nhs U.S. LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Prairie Farms-Rockford's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Prairie Farms-Rockford Form-R facts
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See how Prairie Farms-Rockford stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
13.8× more than the comparison
67% less than the comparison
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 Prairie Farms-Rockford releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 73.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 90% (23.1K lbs to 2.2K lbs).
Prairie Farms-Rockford: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Prairie Farms-Rockford year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 90% from 2019 to 2022). 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 | 23.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 23.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 24.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 73.4K lbs | - |
Prairie Farms-Rockford · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Prairie Farms-Rockford
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Sherwin-Williams Co, Forest City Technologies - Rockford Plant, V-Rod USA Inc DBA Fiberglass Innovations, 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. Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility, Nhs U.S. LLC, Darigold - Lynden.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Prairie Farms-Rockford on cumulative reported pounds (73.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Aes Industries Inc, US Flue Cured Tobacco Growers Inc., Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility. 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.
- Aes Industries Inc Wheeling, WV · Fabricated Metals 73.4K lbs reported
- US Flue Cured Tobacco Growers Inc. Timberlake, NC · Tobacco 73.4K lbs reported
- Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility Naknek, AK · Food 73.4K lbs reported
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Bayport Chemical Plant Pasadena, TX · Chemicals 73.5K 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 Dairy Inc, 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; nearby reporters include Sherwin-Williams Co. Prairie Farms-Rockford stamps LIGHT 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-Rockford TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Prairie Farms-Rockford totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rockford, IL, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 2.6% of Winnebago TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aes Industries Inc (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Prairie Farms-Rockford stamps LIGHT 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