EPA TRI Facility · Food
Welch Foods Inc.
Westfield, NY · Parent: National Grape Cooperative Assoc
- Total releases
- 2.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Welch Foods Inc.: how the 3.0K lbs splits
3.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.0K lbs 100.0%
Welch Foods Inc.'s 3.0K 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: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Welch Foods Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Westfield, NY, in the food sector. It reported 500 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 2.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 12,430 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. Welch Foods Inc. is pounds #305 and chemical-count #477 at 2.5K 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: Renold Inc; Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC; Special Metals Corp; Wells Enterprises Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Crider Inc. - Stillmore; Schreiber Foods; Sugar Creek Packing Co; J.g. Boswell Co - Kern Tomato. Other National Grape Cooperative Assoc sites in this extract: Welch Foods Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Welch Foods Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Crider Inc. - Stillmore and Schreiber Foods.
Welch Foods Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.5K lbs Top 48% higher than 52% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Welch Foods Inc.: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Welch Foods Inc. reports the 1,104th-largest volume (2.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Crider Inc. - Stillmore and Schreiber Foods.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Welch Foods Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Welch Foods Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Welch Foods Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases held roughly flat (500 lbs to 500 lbs).
Welch Foods Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Welch Foods Inc. year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2024). 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 500 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 500 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 3.0K lbs | - |
Welch Foods Inc. · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Welch Foods Inc.
Closest other reporters in New York - including Renold Inc, Dunkirk Specialty Steel LLC, Special Metals Corp, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Crider Inc. - Stillmore, Schreiber Foods, Sugar Creek Packing Co.
Compare beyond New York
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Welch Foods Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (2.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Keystone Rustproofing Inc., Specialty Fabrication & Powder Coating LLC, Citrus & Allied Essences Ltd.. 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.
- Keystone Rustproofing Inc. New Kensington, PA · Fabricated Metals 2.5K lbs reported
- Specialty Fabrication & Powder Coating LLC Franklin, PA · Fabricated Metals 2.5K lbs reported
- Citrus & Allied Essences Ltd. Belcamp, MD · Chemicals 2.5K lbs reported
- Abt Inc Troutman, NC · Plastics and Rubber 2.5K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other National Grape Cooperative Assoc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Welch Foods Inc..
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Renold Inc. Welch Foods 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.
Use and verify this record
This Welch Foods Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Welch Foods Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Westfield, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311411 · Food. 0.8% of Chautauqua TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Abt Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Welch Foods Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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