EPA TRI Facility · Food
Heritage Farms Dairy
Murfreesboro, TN · Parent: The Kroger Co
- Total releases
- 129.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Heritage Farms Dairy: how the 129.7K lbs splits
129.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 127.6K lbs 98.3%
- Air Releases 2.2K lbs 1.7%
Heritage Farms Dairy's 129.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.3% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Heritage Farms Dairy is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Murfreesboro, TN, in the food sector. It reported 44.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 129.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,037 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Heritage Farms Dairy is pounds #131 and chemical-count #345 at 129.7K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Paulo - Murfreesboro; General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div; Wegmann Automotive USA Inc; Kasai Na Inc / Nissan Ilc Building. Similar-scale Food peers outside Tennessee: Wisconsin Cheese Group; Consolidated Catfish Co LLC; House of Raeford Farms Inc; H.p.hood LLC. Other The Kroger Co sites in this extract: Kroger Mountain View Foods; Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co; Tamarack Farms Dairy; Ralphs Grocery Co Compton. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Heritage Farms Dairy stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.3% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 129.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wisconsin Cheese Group and Consolidated Catfish Co LLC.
Heritage Farms Dairy vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
130K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Heritage Farms Dairy: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Heritage Farms Dairy reports the 446th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 98.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Wisconsin Cheese Group and Consolidated Catfish Co LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Heritage Farms Dairy's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 98.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Heritage Farms Dairy's total reported releases rose from 43.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 44.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Heritage Farms Dairy's off-site transfers rose from 43.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 44.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Heritage Farms Dairy's air releases rose from 440 lb in 2022 to 451 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Heritage Farms Dairy Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Heritage Farms Dairy releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 129.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 10009% (444 lbs to 44.9K lbs).
Heritage Farms Dairy: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Heritage Farms Dairy year-over-year reported totals (increased by 10009% from 2019 to 2023). 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 | 444 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 415 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 40.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 43.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 44.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 127.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 2.2K lbs | - |
Heritage Farms Dairy · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Heritage Farms Dairy
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Paulo - Murfreesboro, General Mills Operations Inc Yoplait Div, Wegmann Automotive USA Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Wisconsin Cheese Group, Consolidated Catfish Co LLC, House of Raeford Farms Inc.
Compare beyond Tennessee
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Heritage Farms Dairy on cumulative reported pounds (129.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Lake City Plating, Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas LLC, Tci Inc.. 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 The Kroger Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Kroger Mountain View Foods, Vandervoorts Dairy Foods Co, Tamarack Farms Dairy.
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 Paulo - Murfreesboro. Heritage Farms Dairy stamps MID 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 Heritage Farms Dairy TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · 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.
Heritage Farms Dairy totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Murfreesboro, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 3.2% of Rutherford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lake City Plating (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Heritage Farms Dairy stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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