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
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC: how the 44.5K lbs splits
44.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 44.5K lbs 100.0%
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC's 44.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Sodium nitrite.
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.
Compare Hiland Dairy Foods LLC with
Nearest reporters in Texas
- Forterra Pipe & Precast - Austin Austin · 1 lbs
- Austin South Plant Austin · 1 lbs
- Palm Harbor Homes Inc. Austin · 3.8K lbs
- Nxp USA Inc. - Ed Bluestein Facility Austin · 182.2K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Safeway Milk Plant (CA) · Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar (AR) · Campbell Soup Supply Co LLC (OH)
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 44.5K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safeway Milk Plant and Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar.
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
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC: Sodium nitrite-led volume
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. Scale peers outside Texas include Safeway Milk Plant and Cargill Processing Plant Springdale Ar.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hiland Dairy Foods LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Sodium nitrite at 80.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC Form-R facts
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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).
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Hiland Dairy Foods LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 825% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Sodium nitrite.
| 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 | - |
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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.
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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.
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This Hiland Dairy Foods LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Austin, TX, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 1.7% of Travis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Betterway Products (Δ 10 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hiland Dairy Foods LLC stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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