EPA TRI Facility · Food
General Mills Operations Inc
Buffalo, NY · Parent: General Mills Operations Inc
- Total releases
- 15.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
General Mills Operations Inc: how the 15.8K lbs splits
15.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 15.8K lbs 100.0%
General Mills Operations Inc's 15.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
General Mills Operations Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Buffalo, NY, in the food sector. It reported 15.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2019. That ranks 8,781 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. General Mills Operations Inc is pounds #184 and chemical-count #440 at 15.8K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility; Pvs Chemical Solutions; Tesla; Pvs Nolwood Chemicals Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Lamb Weston Inc; Tamarack Farms Dairy; Frito-Lay Inc; Wisconsin Whey Protein. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuryl fluoride.
General Mills Operations Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 15.8K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lamb Weston Inc and Tamarack Farms Dairy.
General Mills Operations Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
16K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
General Mills Operations Inc: Sulfuryl fluoride-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, General Mills Operations Inc reports the 855th-largest volume (15.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sulfuryl fluoride alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Lamb Weston Inc and Tamarack Farms Dairy.
Concentrated means ≥60% of General Mills Operations Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Sulfuryl fluoride at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
General Mills Operations Inc Form-R facts
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45% more than the comparison
86% 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 General Mills Operations Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 15.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuryl fluoride | 15.8K lbs | - |
General Mills Operations Inc · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Lamb Weston Inc, Tamarack Farms Dairy, Frito-Lay Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest General Mills Operations Inc on cumulative reported pounds (15.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Gelest, Edco Products Inc, Southern Ionics Inc.. 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
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Similar chemical count
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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 Sulfuryl fluoride; nearby reporters include Safety-Kleen Systems Inc Buffalo Oil Recovery Facility. General Mills Operations Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 General Mills Operations Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Sulfuryl fluoride) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
General Mills Operations Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Buffalo, NY, latest year 2019. NAICS 311211 · Food. 0.3% of Erie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gelest (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
General Mills Operations Inc stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Sulfuryl fluoride. 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