EPA TRI Facility · Food
Ninth Ave Foods East
Columbus, IN · Parent: Heritage Distributing Co
- Total releases
- 13.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Ninth Ave Foods East: how the 13.1K lbs splits
13.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 13.1K lbs 100.0%
Ninth Ave Foods East's 13.1K 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Ninth Ave Foods East is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Columbus, IN, in the food sector. It reported 13.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023. That ranks 9,221 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ninth Ave Foods East is pounds #427 and chemical-count #548 at 13.1K lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kamic Corp; Toyota Material Handling Inc.; Impact Forge Groupllc-Impact Plant (part); Richardson Molding LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Indiana: Alltech Inc; Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream; Rosina Food Products Inc; Fresh Mark Massillion. Other Heritage Distributing Co sites in this extract: Ninth Ave Foods. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Ninth Ave Foods East stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.1K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Alltech Inc and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream.
Ninth Ave Foods East vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ninth Ave Foods East: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Ninth Ave Foods East reports the 897th-largest volume (13.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Alltech Inc and Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ninth Ave Foods East's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Ninth Ave Foods East Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ninth Ave Foods East releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.1K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 13.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Ninth Ave Foods East · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ninth Ave Foods East
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Kamic Corp, Toyota Material Handling Inc., Impact Forge Groupllc-Impact Plant (part), ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Alltech Inc, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Rosina Food Products Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ninth Ave Foods East on cumulative reported pounds (13.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Amber Chemical Inc., Teleflex Medical Oem Llc., Harbisonwalker International Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Amber Chemical Inc. Bakersfield, CA · Chemical Wholesalers 13.1K lbs reported
- Teleflex Medical Oem Llc. Trenton, GA · Primary Metals 13.1K lbs reported
- Harbisonwalker International Inc South Shore, KY · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 13.1K lbs reported
- Truenorth Lubbock Lubbock, TX · Fabricated Metals 13.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Ninth Ave Foods.
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; nearby reporters include Kamic Corp. Ninth Ave Foods East 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.
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This Ninth Ave Foods East TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · 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.
Ninth Ave Foods East totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Columbus, IN, latest year 2023. NAICS 311511 · Food. 1.2% of Bartholomew TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Amber Chemical Inc. (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ninth Ave Foods East stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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