Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at Mccain Foods USA INC rose from 1.3M lb to 2.2M lb between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Mccain Foods USA INC
Total reported releases 2.2M lb rose sharply year over year (+69%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
100 LEE STREET, Othello, Washington · 311411 · Food · operated by Mccain Foods USA INC
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Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Chlorine
Chlorine concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2023.
Hydrogen sulfide
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (5 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 8,951. Why we surface this →
46.5%
Low-income
78.9%
People of color
12.2%
Under age 5
8.1%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.