EPA TRI Facility · Food
Danone US LLC
Minster, OH · Parent: Danone N.a. Public Benefit Corp
- Total releases
- 1.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Danone US LLC: how the 1.1M lbs splits
1.1M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.1M lbs 99.7%
- Land Disposal 3.2K lbs 0.3%
Danone US LLC's 1.1M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.7% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 0.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Danone US LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Minster, OH, in the food sector. It reported 1.1M lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 1,251 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Ohio's 1,299 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Danone US LLC is pounds #66 and chemical-count #556 at 1.1M lbs. Ineos Nitriles USA LLC leads reported pounds (42.4M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Heritage Thermal Services leads chemical count at 217 chemicals (431.4K lbs, pounds #116). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nidec Minster Corp; The C.a. Lawton Co.; Tooling Technology Group; Visionmark Nameplate Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Ohio: Darling Ingredients Inc.; Zfs Ithaca LLC; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh Plant; Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest LLC. Other Danone N.a. Public Benefit Corp sites in this extract: Danone US Llc.; Wwf Operating Co LLC; Danone US LLC; Wwf Operating Co LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Danone US LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.7% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.1M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Darling Ingredients Inc. and Zfs Ithaca LLC.
Danone US LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.1M lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Danone US LLC inside Auglaize's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Danone US LLC reports the 170th-largest volume, placing it in the top 8.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 46.8% of every pound reported in Auglaize. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Ohio include Darling Ingredients Inc. and Zfs Ithaca LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Auglaize's reported pounds (2.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Danone US LLC's total reported releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Danone US LLC's land releases fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Danone US LLC's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Danone US LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Danone US LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.1M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Danone US LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Danone US 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 505.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 551.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 2.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 1.1M lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 1.6K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Danone US LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Danone US LLC
Closest other reporters in Ohio - including Nidec Minster Corp, The C.a. Lawton Co., Tooling Technology Group, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,298 other reporting facilities in Ohio.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Ohio - e.g. Darling Ingredients Inc., Zfs Ithaca LLC, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh Plant.
Compare beyond Ohio
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Danone US LLC on cumulative reported pounds (1.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Rm Heskett Station, Metal Container Corp - Arnold Can Plant, Thompson Creek Mining Co. 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.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Rm Heskett Station Mandan, ND · Electric Utilities 1.1M lbs reported
- Metal Container Corp - Arnold Can Plant Arnold, MO · Fabricated Metals 1.1M lbs reported
- Thompson Creek Mining Co Clayton, ID · Metal Mining 1.1M lbs reported
- Domtar Paper Co LLC Kingsport Mill Kingsport, TN · Paper 1.1M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Danone N.a. Public Benefit Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Danone US Llc., Wwf Operating Co LLC, Danone US LLC.
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 Nitric acid, Peracetic acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Nidec Minster Corp. Danone US LLC stamps HEAVY 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 Danone US LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Danone US LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Minster, OH, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 46.8% of Auglaize TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Rm Heskett Station (Δ 540 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Danone US LLC stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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