EPA TRI Facility · Food
Dairy Farmers of America
Middlebury Center, PA · Parent: Dairy Farmers of America Inc
- Total releases
- 1.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Dairy Farmers of America: how the 1.7K lbs splits
1.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 1.7K lbs 100.0%
Dairy Farmers of America's 1.7K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Dairy Farmers of America is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Middlebury Center, PA, in the food sector. It reported 275 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 1.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 13,277 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Dairy Farmers of America is pounds #633 and chemical-count #679 at 1.5K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Victaulic Co - Lawrenceville Facility; Waupaca Foundry Inc - Lawrenceville; Ward Manufacturing LLC; Morgan Advanced Materials & Technology. Similar-scale Food peers outside Pennsylvania: Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Silver Springs Citrus LLC; Performix Nutrition Systems LLC; Jasper Wyman & Son C & D Corp. Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc sites in this extract: Dairy Farmers of America Inc; Dairy Farmers of America Inc.; Dairiconcepts L.P.; Portales Dairy Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Dairy Farmers of America stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant WATER pathway (100.0% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.5K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kent Nutrition Group Inc and Silver Springs Citrus LLC.
Dairy Farmers of America vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.5K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dairy Farmers of America: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Dairy Farmers of America reports the 1,145th-largest volume (1.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Kent Nutrition Group Inc and Silver Springs Citrus LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dairy Farmers of America's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dairy Farmers of America's total reported releases fell from 344 lb in 2022 to 281 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dairy Farmers of America's water releases fell from 344 lb in 2022 to 281 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dairy Farmers of America Form-R facts
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99% less than the comparison
67% 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 Dairy Farmers of America releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 121% (125 lbs to 275 lbs).
Dairy Farmers of America: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Dairy Farmers of America year-over-year reported totals (increased by 121% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 125 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 352 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 362 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 344 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 281 lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 275 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.7K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Dairy Farmers of America · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dairy Farmers of America
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Victaulic Co - Lawrenceville Facility, Waupaca Foundry Inc - Lawrenceville, Ward Manufacturing LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Kent Nutrition Group Inc, Silver Springs Citrus LLC, Performix Nutrition Systems LLC.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dairy Farmers of America on cumulative reported pounds (1.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Harris Manufacturing & Supply Co Inc, Quietflex, Flint Cps Inks N.a. LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Dairy Farmers of America Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Dairy Farmers of America Inc, Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Dairiconcepts L.P..
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Victaulic Co - Lawrenceville Facility. Dairy Farmers of America stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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 Dairy Farmers of America TRI extract (LIGHT · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dairy Farmers of America totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Middlebury Center, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 0.2% of Tioga TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Harris Manufacturing & Supply Co Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dairy Farmers of America stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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