EPA TRI Facility · Food
Houston Retail Support Center
Houston, TX · Parent: Heb Grocery Co LP
- Total releases
- 41.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Houston Retail Support Center: how the 41.7K lbs splits
41.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 38.0K lbs 91.0%
- Air Releases 3.8K lbs 9.0%
Houston Retail Support Center's 41.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 91.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 9.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Houston Retail Support Center is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houston, TX, in the food sector. It reported 13.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 41.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,542 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. Houston Retail Support Center is pounds #639 and chemical-count #1196 at 41.7K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Aker Biomarine Manufacturing; Axalta Coating Systems USA LLC; Texas Steel Processing; Madden Galvanizing LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Cargill Inc; Darling Ingredients Inc.; Byrne Dewitt LLC; Super Store Industries Turlock Dairy Div. Other Heb Grocery Co LP sites in this extract: Rittiman Road Retail Support Center; San Antonio Retail Support Center. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Houston Retail Support Center stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (91.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 41.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Inc and Darling Ingredients Inc..
Houston Retail Support Center vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
42K 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
Houston Retail Support Center: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Houston Retail Support Center reports the 667th-largest volume (41.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 91.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Cargill Inc and Darling Ingredients Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Houston Retail Support Center's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 91.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Houston Retail Support Center's total reported releases rose from 12.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Houston Retail Support Center's off-site transfers rose from 12.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Houston Retail Support Center Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Houston Retail Support Center stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
33.4× more than the comparison
2.0× 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 Houston Retail Support Center releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 41.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1674% (754 lbs to 13.4K lbs).
Houston Retail Support Center: 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 Houston Retail Support Center year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1674% 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 | 754 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 7.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 6.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 12.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 13.4K 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) | 38.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 3.8K lbs | - |
Houston Retail Support Center · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Houston Retail Support Center
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Aker Biomarine Manufacturing, Axalta Coating Systems USA LLC, Texas Steel Processing, 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. Cargill Inc, Darling Ingredients Inc., Byrne Dewitt LLC.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Houston Retail Support Center on cumulative reported pounds (41.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 51, Cargill Inc, Parker Hannifin Manhattan Facility. 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.
- General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 51 East Spencer, NC · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 41.7K lbs reported
- Cargill Inc Memphis, TN · Food 41.7K lbs reported
- Parker Hannifin Manhattan Facility Manhattan, KS · Plastics and Rubber 41.7K lbs reported
- Superior Industrial Solutions Inc. Arnold, MO · Chemical Wholesalers 41.7K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Heb Grocery Co LP Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Rittiman Road Retail Support Center, San Antonio Retail Support Center.
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 Aker Biomarine Manufacturing. Houston Retail Support Center 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 Houston Retail Support Center TRI extract (LIGHT · 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.
Houston Retail Support Center totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houston, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 51 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Houston Retail Support Center stamps LIGHT 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