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Bay Valley Foods owns and operates the old Heinz plant at 1720 Progress Street in Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania. It is a manufacturing and packaging facility for baby foods and soups, along with other foods. It is located in a densely populated area: within 1 mile of downtown Pittsburgh: latitude: 402712, longitude: 795909 according to Google Earth. [1][6]

Bay Valley Foods was formerly known as Dean Specialty Foods Group. It is a division of Treehouse Foods, whose corporate headquarters is in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They started in 1862 in the pickle business.

Products

Products and brands include: Del Monte Nature's Goodness, Borden Cremora, Peter Piper's, Nalley, Steinfeld's, Heifetz, Gracias, Thank You, Roddenberry's, Northwoods, Hoffman House, Bennetts, Indian Trail, and Second Nature Eggs.

Products made there include: non-dairy creamers, pickles, spray dried creaming agents, and aseptic sauces. Non-dairy creamers are offered in sizes from 50 pound bags, to 2000 pound super-sacks. Fat used include soy, coconut, canola, palm, and palm kernel. Fat ranges are from 7% to 73% as per customer request. These are available from six driers and three manufacturing locations. Non-dairy creamers can be used to prepare soup bases, shortening powders, cappuccinos, hot chocolate, and cream substitutes.

Toxic Release Data

According to the Environmental Protection Agency's Envirofacts Warehouse, this plant produced 48,920 pounds of airborne hydrochloric acid in 2005.[1] In addition to production and packaging equipment, the facility has five operating boilers that provide it with steam. Four of the boilers are fired by coal and natural gas, while the fifth is fired by natural gas. [4]

This facility is a major source [4] of particulate matter (PM), particulate matter <10 μm (PM10), nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulfur oxides (SOX), carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrochloric acid (HCl). [4].

The plant's plumes are visible on action days in the Monongahela Valley.<ref>nsolic@achd.net can verify this.</ref>

Hydrochloric acid is categorized as toxic by the EPA. [2] A discussion of the health effects of Hydrochloric acid and PM2.5 can be found at the Environmental Protection Agency's scorecard website [2]

EPA Action Days Policy

This plant operates on EPA air action days. [8] An air action day is defined by the EPA as a day when PM2.5 and/or Ozone is at a level that is unhealthy.[5]. Therefore, this facility adds PM2.5 precursors to already EPA defined unhealthy air quality. [2]

This facility data is gathered from different EPA sources. For more information, go to [1] and then press EPA Facility Information:

Alternative Name, Source of Data

H. J. HEINZ CO., TRI REPORTING FORM

H. J. HEINZ CO. L.P. HEINZ N.A., TRIS

H. J. HEINZ CO., NCDB

HEINZ USA-PITTSBURGH, NPDES PERMIT

H J HEINZ LP, NPDES PERMIT

DLM FOODS LLC, NPDES PERMIT

DLM FOODS, AIRS/AFS

BAY VALLEY FOODS LLC, TRI REPORTING FORM

DEL MONTE FOODS PITTSBURGH FACTORY, TRIS

H.J. HEINZ COMPANY PITTSBURGH, AIR VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION

HEINZ ENERGY FACILITY, RCRAINFO

H. J. HEINZ CO. L.P. HEINZ N.A, TRI REPORTING FORM

See also

PM2.5

Notes

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References

http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/multisys2.get_list?FACILITY_UIN=110000329555

http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/summary.tcl?edf_substance_id=7647-01-0

http://www.lexdon.com/article/Bay_Valley_Foods_Announces_Plans/20513.html

Allegheny County Health Department Title V Operating Permit #0079 .Obtainable from Cdettlinger@achd.net.

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.showlocal&CityID=191

http://www.fda.gov/foi/warning_letters/s6454c.htm Shows that Bay Valley Foods owns the plant.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/gg99rpt/emission.html

Allegheny County Health Department Air Quality Division 412-687-2243 [9] Hours of operation are on file with the Health department.

Allegheny County Health Department web site