EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC
Austin, TX
- Total releases
- 44.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
Reported-total composition
How the reported total is distributed
44.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 44.5K lbs 100.0%
The segments reconcile to the cumulative total shown above. Off-site transfers are shown separately from releases to air, water, and land.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Austin, TX, in the food sector. It reported 22.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 44.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 6,385 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. Hiland Dairy Foods LLC is pounds #626 and chemical-count #968 at 44.5K 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: Forterra Pipe & Precast - Austin; Austin South Plant; Palm Harbor Homes Inc.; Nxp USA Inc. - Ed Bluestein Facility. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Safeway Milk Plant; Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar; Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC; Publix Lakeland Industrial Complex & Bakery. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC has reported 44.5K lbs of toxic releases across 3 chemicals to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. The facility operates in the Food sector. The primary release pathway is off-site transfers, accounting for 100% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
44K lbs Top 25% higher than 75% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hiland Dairy Foods LLC reports the 653rd-largest volume (44.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sodium nitrite alone is 80.2% of the total.
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
Quick Facts
Compare this facility
See how Hiland Dairy Foods LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
60826.3× more than the comparison
3.0× more 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 Hiland Dairy Foods LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 44.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 825% (2.5K lbs to 22.8K lbs).
Reported total releases by year
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC - annual TRI totals
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 3.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 15.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 22.8K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 35.7K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 8.8K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Location
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hiland Dairy Foods LLC
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Forterra Pipe & Precast - Austin, Austin South Plant, Palm Harbor Homes Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Safeway Milk Plant, Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar, Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hiland Dairy Foods LLC on cumulative reported pounds (44.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Betterway Products, Agilent Technologies Inc, Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central. 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.
- Betterway Products Lebanon, MO · Transportation Equipment 44.5K lbs reported
- Agilent Technologies Inc Folsom, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 44.5K lbs reported
- Lacks Trim Systems - 52ND Street Paint Central Grand Rapids, MI · Transportation Equipment 44.4K lbs reported
- Resinall Corp Severn, NC · Chemicals 44.5K 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 Sodium nitrite, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Forterra Pipe & Precast - Austin. Hiland Dairy Foods LLC 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.
Use and verify this record
This Hiland Dairy Foods LLC record combines EPA TRI filings, facility identity, and compliance context without turning reported releases into a health-risk rating.
TRI release totals are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions. The methodology explains how records are joined, computed, and refreshed.
PlainEnviro renders public EPA records directly from its data pipeline; no figure on this page is typed in by an editor. See the editorial standards and corrections policy for how source changes and reported errors are handled.
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