EPA TRI Facility · Food
Weston Foods
Frankfort, NY · Parent: Weston Foods
- Total releases
- 3.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Weston Foods: how the 3.0K lbs splits
3.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 3.0K lbs 100.0%
Weston Foods'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
Weston Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Frankfort, NY, in the food sector. It reported 1.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 3.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 12,133 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. Weston Foods is pounds #292 and chemical-count #471 at 3.0K 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: Remet Pic Inc.; Matt Brewery Co Inc.; Indium Corp of America; Microfoam Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Avoca LLC; Hiland Dairy Co; Symrise Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Weston Foods stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Meat Solutions Corp and Avoca LLC.
Weston Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Weston Foods: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Weston Foods reports the 1,084th-largest volume (3.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Cargill Meat Solutions Corp and Avoca LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Weston Foods's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Weston Foods Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Weston Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases held roughly flat (1.0K lbs to 1.0K lbs).
Weston Foods: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Weston Foods year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2021). 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 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 1.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 3.0K lbs | - |
Weston Foods · AIR-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in New York - including Remet Pic Inc., Matt Brewery Co Inc., Indium Corp of America, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Avoca LLC, Hiland Dairy Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Weston Foods on cumulative reported pounds (3.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Mannington Mills Inc., Nexair LLC, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. 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.
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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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Remet Pic Inc.. Weston Foods 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 Weston Foods TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Weston Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Frankfort, NY, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 311813 · Food. 1.6% of Herkimer TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Weston Foods 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