EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darigold - Chehalis
Chehalis, WA · Parent: Northwest Dairy Assoc
- Total releases
- 95.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
MIXED Form-R mix
Darigold - Chehalis: how the 95.1K lbs splits
95.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 59.2K lbs 62.2%
- Water Discharges 35.9K lbs 37.7%
- Air Releases 10 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 10 lbs <0.1%
Darigold - Chehalis's 95.1K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - off-site transfers is 62.2% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 37.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Darigold - Chehalis is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chehalis, WA, in the food sector. It reported 19.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 95.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,696 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Darigold - Chehalis is pounds #73 and chemical-count #162 at 95.1K lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: National Frozen Foods Corp-Processing; Glacier Northwest Inc Chehalis Plant; Imperial Group Manufacturing; Truck Accessories Group LLC DBA Pace Edwards. Similar-scale Food peers outside Washington: Tate&lyle Van Buren; California Dairies Inc Fresno; Kraft Heinz Foods Co; American Italian Pasta Co. Other Northwest Dairy Assoc sites in this extract: Darigold - Sunnyside; Darigold - Issaquah; Darigold-Boise; Darigold-Jerome. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Darigold - Chehalis is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Chehalis, WA: 95.1K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment off-site transfers at 62.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tate&lyle Van Buren and California Dairies Inc Fresno.
Darigold - Chehalis vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
95K lbs Top 18% higher than 82% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Darigold - Chehalis: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darigold - Chehalis reports the 505th-largest volume (95.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Tate&lyle Van Buren and California Dairies Inc Fresno.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Darigold - Chehalis's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Darigold - Chehalis's total reported releases rose from 14.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darigold - Chehalis's air releases fell from 10 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darigold - Chehalis's land releases fell from 10 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darigold - Chehalis's off-site transfers rose from 14.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darigold - Chehalis Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Darigold - Chehalis releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 95.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 53% (40.4K lbs to 19.1K lbs).
Darigold - Chehalis: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Darigold - Chehalis year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 53% 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 | 40.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 8.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 12.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 14.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 19.1K 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) | 95.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 15 lbs | - |
Darigold - Chehalis in Lewis
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darigold - Chehalis
Closest other reporters in Washington - including National Frozen Foods Corp-Processing, Glacier Northwest Inc Chehalis Plant, Imperial Group Manufacturing, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Tate&lyle Van Buren, California Dairies Inc Fresno, Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darigold - Chehalis on cumulative reported pounds (95.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Tn Tennessee LLC - Erwin, Sheboygan Paint Co, Tate&lyle Van Buren. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Northwest Dairy Assoc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Darigold - Sunnyside, Darigold - Issaquah, Darigold-Boise.
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 National Frozen Foods Corp-Processing. Darigold - Chehalis 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.
Use and verify this record
This Darigold - Chehalis TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · 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.
Darigold - Chehalis totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chehalis, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 13.1% of Lewis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tn Tennessee LLC - Erwin (Δ 7 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darigold - Chehalis stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (off-site transfers leads at 62.2%). 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