EPA TRI Facility · Food
Rochelle Foods LLC
Rochelle, IL · Parent: Hormel Foods Corp
- Total releases
- 10.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Rochelle Foods LLC: how the 10.8K lbs splits
10.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 9.1K lbs 83.6%
- Air Releases 1.8K lbs 16.4%
Rochelle Foods LLC's 10.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 83.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 16.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sodium nitrite.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Rochelle Foods LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Rochelle, IL, in the food sector. It reported 10.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 10.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 9,654 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. Rochelle Foods LLC is pounds #413 and chemical-count #417 at 10.8K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Forge Group Cardinal LLC DBA Cardinal Forge Co; Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp; Wheatland Tube Western Tube; Chs Rochelle. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Kemps LLC; Sunopta Grains & Foods; Central Valley Cheese; Cargill Feed & Nutrition Sioux City. Other Hormel Foods Corp sites in this extract: Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant; Dold Foods Inc; Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron; Hormel Foods Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Rochelle Foods LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (83.6% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 10.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kemps LLC and Sunopta Grains & Foods.
Rochelle Foods LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11K lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Rochelle Foods LLC: Sodium nitrite-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Rochelle Foods LLC reports the 932nd-largest volume (10.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sodium nitrite alone is 82.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Kemps LLC and Sunopta Grains & Foods.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Rochelle Foods LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Sodium nitrite at 82.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Rochelle Foods LLC's total reported releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 10.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rochelle Foods LLC's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 9.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rochelle Foods LLC's air releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Rochelle Foods LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Rochelle Foods LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 10.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Rochelle Foods LLC: 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 Rochelle Foods LLC year-over-year reported totals. 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: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Rochelle Foods LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Rochelle Foods LLC
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Forge Group Cardinal LLC DBA Cardinal Forge Co, Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp, Wheatland Tube Western Tube, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Kemps LLC, Sunopta Grains & Foods, Central Valley Cheese.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Rochelle Foods LLC on cumulative reported pounds (10.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Geo Specialty Chemicals, Nhs US LLC DBA Solgar, Milport Enterprises 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.
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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Hormel Foods Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant, Dold Foods Inc, Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron.
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 Sodium nitrite, Ammonia, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Forge Group Cardinal LLC DBA Cardinal Forge Co. Rochelle Foods LLC 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 Rochelle Foods LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Rochelle Foods LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Rochelle, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 0.9% of Ogle TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Geo Specialty Chemicals (Δ 12 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Rochelle Foods LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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