EPA TRI Facility · Food
Blue Bell Creameries
Broken Arrow, OK
- Total releases
- 2.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Blue Bell Creameries: how the 2.6K lbs splits
2.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 2.1K lbs 80.5%
- Air Releases 500 lbs 19.5%
Blue Bell Creameries's 2.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 80.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Blue Bell Creameries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Broken Arrow, OK, in the food sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 12,375 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Oklahoma's 350 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Blue Bell Creameries is pounds #211 and chemical-count #236 at 2.6K lbs. International Paper Co leads reported pounds (28.8M lbs) at 21 chemicals (chemical-count #10). Clean Harbors Lone Mountain LLC Lone Mountain Facility leads chemical count at 51 chemicals (15.9M lbs, pounds #3). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Napco Precast LLC; Greenhill Concrete Broken Arrow Batch Plant; Standard Materials Group Inc. Broken Arrow Ready Mix; Continental Industries-Broken Arrow. Similar-scale Food peers outside Oklahoma: La Quesera Mexicana; Associated Milk Producers Inc.; Armour Eckrich LLC; Willow Brook Foods. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Blue Bell Creameries stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (80.5% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include La Quesera Mexicana and Associated Milk Producers Inc..
Blue Bell Creameries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6K 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
Blue Bell Creameries inside Wagoner's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Blue Bell Creameries reports the 1,099th-largest volume (2.6K lbs). This one site accounts for 93.3% of every pound reported in Wagoner. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Oklahoma include La Quesera Mexicana and Associated Milk Producers Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Wagoner's reported pounds (2.8K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Blue Bell Creameries's total reported releases fell from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blue Bell Creameries's air releases fell from 500 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blue Bell Creameries's off-site transfers fell from 2.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Blue Bell Creameries's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Blue Bell Creameries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Blue Bell Creameries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Blue Bell Creameries: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Blue Bell Creameries 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Blue Bell Creameries · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Blue Bell Creameries
Closest other reporters in Oklahoma - including Napco Precast LLC, Greenhill Concrete Broken Arrow Batch Plant, Standard Materials Group Inc. Broken Arrow Ready Mix, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Oklahoma.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Oklahoma - e.g. La Quesera Mexicana, Associated Milk Producers Inc., Armour Eckrich LLC.
Compare beyond Oklahoma
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Blue Bell Creameries on cumulative reported pounds (2.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Sgl Carbon LLC, Commercial Steel Treating Corp, Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop. 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.
- Sgl Carbon LLC Saint Marys, PA · Electrical Equipment 2.6K lbs reported
- Commercial Steel Treating Corp Madison Heights, MI · Fabricated Metals 2.6K lbs reported
- Federal Correctional Institution Bastrop Bastrop, TX · Other 2.6K lbs reported
- Nautique Boat Co Inc. Orlando, FL · Transportation Equipment 2.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Napco Precast LLC. Blue Bell Creameries 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 Blue Bell Creameries TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Blue Bell Creameries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Broken Arrow, OK, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311520 · Food. 93.3% of Wagoner TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sgl Carbon LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Blue Bell Creameries stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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