EPA TRI Facility · Food
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility
Amarillo, TX · Parent: Valley Proteins Inc
- Total releases
- 3.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility: how the 3.4K lbs splits
3.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 1.6K lbs 47.4%
- Air Releases 1.3K lbs 37.4%
- Off-site Transfers 523 lbs 15.3%
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility's 3.4K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 47.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 37.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Amarillo, TX, in the food sector. It reported 1.9K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 3.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 11,873 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. Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility is pounds #1139 and chemical-count #1644 at 3.4K 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: Gri Towers Texas; United Fiberglass Inc; Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant; Western Marketing Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Nestle Usa-Prepared Foods Div Inc; Prince Agri Products; Belgioioso Cheese - Glenville; Dfa Dairy Brands Fluid LLC DBA Meadow Gold Dairy. Other Valley Proteins Inc sites in this extract: Valley Proteins Inc - Veribest Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Amarillo, TX: 3.4K lbs across 1 chemical. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 47.4%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nestle Usa-Prepared Foods Div Inc and Prince Agri Products.
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.4K lbs Top 46% higher than 54% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility reports the 1,065th-largest volume (3.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Nestle Usa-Prepared Foods Div Inc and Prince Agri Products.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases increased by 23% (1.5K lbs to 1.9K lbs).
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility year-over-year reported totals (increased by 23% from 2019 to 2020). 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 | 1.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.9K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 3.4K lbs | - |
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility in Potter
Nearest TRI Facilities to Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Gri Towers Texas, United Fiberglass Inc, Quikrete - Amarillo Tx Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Nestle Usa-Prepared Foods Div Inc, Prince Agri Products, Belgioioso Cheese - Glenville.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility on cumulative reported pounds (3.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Olympic Products LLC, National Refrigeration & A/c Products, Wausau Supply Company - Taylor Entrance Systems. 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.
- Olympic Products LLC Greensboro, NC · Plastics and Rubber 3.4K lbs reported
- National Refrigeration & A/c Products Bensalem, PA · Machinery 3.4K lbs reported
- Wausau Supply Company - Taylor Entrance Systems West Branch, MI · Fabricated Metals 3.4K lbs reported
- Parker Hannifin/quick Coupling Div Union City, PA · Fabricated Metals 3.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Valley Proteins Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Valley Proteins Inc - Veribest Facility.
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; nearby reporters include Gri Towers Texas. Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility stamps LIGHT volume · MIXED 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 Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Amarillo, TX, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 0.1% of Potter TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Parker-Hannifin Ipd Houston (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Valley Proteins - Amarillo Facility stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 47.4%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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