EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tejas Industries
Hereford, TX · Parent: Nestle Purina Petcare Co
- Total releases
- 14.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Tejas Industries: how the 14.9K lbs splits
14.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 12.8K lbs 86.2%
- Land Disposal 2.0K lbs 13.5%
- Water Discharges 30 lbs 0.2%
- Air Releases 26 lbs 0.2%
Tejas Industries's 14.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 86.2% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 13.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Tejas Industries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hereford, TX, in the food sector. It reported 7.2K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 14.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 8,926 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. Tejas Industries is pounds #866 and chemical-count #1588 at 14.9K 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: White Energy Hereford LLC; Hereford Ethanol Partners; Caviness Beef Packing Ltd.; Dimmitt Sulfur Products Ltd. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Papillion Foods LLC; California Dairies Inc Artesia; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Albertville Fresh Plant; Frito Lay Inc. Other Nestle Purina Petcare Co sites in this extract: Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Tejas Industries stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (86.2% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14.9K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Papillion Foods LLC and California Dairies Inc Artesia.
Tejas Industries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
15K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tejas Industries: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tejas Industries reports the 867th-largest volume (14.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Papillion Foods LLC and California Dairies Inc Artesia.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tejas Industries's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Tejas Industries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tejas Industries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 14.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 469% (1.3K lbs to 7.2K lbs).
Tejas Industries: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Tejas Industries year-over-year reported totals (increased by 469% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 2.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 3.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.2K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 14.9K lbs | - |
Tejas Industries · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tejas Industries
Closest other reporters in Texas - including White Energy Hereford LLC, Hereford Ethanol Partners, Caviness Beef Packing Ltd., ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Papillion Foods LLC, California Dairies Inc Artesia, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Albertville Fresh Plant.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tejas Industries on cumulative reported pounds (14.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Pcc Airfoils LLC, Papillion Foods LLC, Polyvantis Sanford LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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
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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 Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include White Energy Hereford LLC. Tejas Industries 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 Tejas Industries TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tejas Industries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hereford, TX, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311111 · Food. 6.5% of Deaf Smith TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pcc Airfoils LLC (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tejas Industries stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. 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