EPA TRI Facility · Food
Blue Bell Creameries LP
Brenham, TX
- Total releases
- 1.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Blue Bell Creameries LP: how the 1.3K lbs splits
1.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.3K lbs 98.2%
- Air Releases 24 lbs 1.8%
Blue Bell Creameries LP's 1.3K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Blue Bell Creameries LP is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brenham, TX, in the food sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 13,445 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Blue Bell Creameries LP is pounds #1276 and chemical-count #1296 at 1.3K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Questspecialty Corp; Fxi Inc. - Brenham; Valmont Industries Inc-; Longwood Elastomers Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Leprino Foods Co; Leprino Foods Co; Givaudan Flavors Corp; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Blue Bell Creameries LP stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.2% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Leprino Foods Co and Leprino Foods Co.
Blue Bell Creameries LP vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.3K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% 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 LP: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Blue Bell Creameries LP reports the 1,152nd-largest volume (1.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Leprino Foods Co and Leprino Foods Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Blue Bell Creameries LP's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Blue Bell Creameries LP Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Blue Bell Creameries LP releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Blue Bell Creameries LP: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Blue Bell Creameries LP 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Blue Bell Creameries LP · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Blue Bell Creameries LP
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Questspecialty Corp, Fxi Inc. - Brenham, Valmont Industries Inc-, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Leprino Foods Co, Leprino Foods Co, Givaudan Flavors Corp.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Blue Bell Creameries LP on cumulative reported pounds (1.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Cyalume Technologies Inc, Linde Advanced Material Technologies Inc., Sonoco Products Co. 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.
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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, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Questspecialty Corp. Blue Bell Creameries LP 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 LP 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 LP totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brenham, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311520 · Food. 1.7% of Washington TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cyalume Technologies Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Blue Bell Creameries LP 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