EPA TRI Facility · Food
Darigold - Lynden
Lynden, WA · Parent: Northwest Dairy Assoc
- Total releases
- 73.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Darigold - Lynden: how the 73.8K lbs splits
73.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 73.8K lbs 100.0%
Darigold - Lynden's 73.8K 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Darigold - Lynden is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lynden, WA, in the food sector. It reported 16.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 73.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,243 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 - Lynden is pounds #79 and chemical-count #163 at 73.8K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Granite Northwest Singer Pit; Iko Pacific Inc.; Oldcastle Precast Inc; Maax US Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Washington: Nhs U.S. LLC; Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility; Prairie Farms-Rockford; American Yeast Corp. Other Northwest Dairy Assoc sites in this extract: Darigold - Sunnyside; Darigold - Issaquah; Darigold - Chehalis; Darigold-Boise. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Darigold - Lynden stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 73.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nhs U.S. LLC and Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility.
Darigold - Lynden vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
74K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Darigold - Lynden: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Darigold - Lynden reports the 555th-largest volume (73.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Nhs U.S. LLC and Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Darigold - Lynden's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Darigold - Lynden's total reported releases fell from 18.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Darigold - Lynden's off-site transfers fell from 18.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Darigold - Lynden Form-R facts
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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 Darigold - Lynden releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 73.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 12% (14.4K lbs to 16.1K lbs).
Darigold - Lynden: 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 Darigold - Lynden year-over-year reported totals (increased by 12% 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 | 14.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 11.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 13.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 18.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.1K 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) | 73.8K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Darigold - Lynden · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Darigold - Lynden
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Granite Northwest Singer Pit, Iko Pacific Inc., Oldcastle Precast Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Nhs U.S. LLC, Trident Seafoods North Naknek Facility, Prairie Farms-Rockford.
Compare beyond Washington
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Darigold - Lynden on cumulative reported pounds (73.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Green Plains Superior LLC, Rock River Fabrication, Mountain Ridge Metals Llc.. 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 - Chehalis.
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 Granite Northwest Singer Pit. Darigold - Lynden 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 Darigold - Lynden 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.
Darigold - Lynden totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lynden, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 1.6% of Whatcom TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mica Brick Plant (Δ 18 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Darigold - Lynden 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