EPA TRI Facility · Food
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div
Gadsden, AL · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 72.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gadsden, AL, in the food sector. It reported 23.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 72.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,280 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Inteva Products; Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant; Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC; Koch Foods of Gadsden. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant; Phm Brands LLC; Mondelez Global LLC; Prairie Farms-Rockford. Other Tyson Foods Inc sites in this extract: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div has reported 72.9K lbs of toxic releases across 3 chemicals to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, based on annual facility disclosures from 2019 through 2023. The facility operates in the Food sector. The primary release pathway is air releases, accounting for 65% of total releases. All release data shown below is self-reported to the EPA under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Section 313.
Where this facility sits in the TRI record
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div reports the 559th-largest volume (72.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 65.5% of the total.
Placement is computed from reported TRI pounds in this database. Thresholds are fixed across every facility page: concentrated ≥60% of volume in one chemical, county-dominant ≥25% of the county total, carcinogen-heavy ≥50% of pounds. Share-based statements are shown only for sites reporting at least 1,000 lbs, because a share of a very small total is not a meaningful signal. Reported pounds are self-reported estimates and do not measure toxicity or health risk.
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div files annual Form R disclosures to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory under EPCRA Section 313, classified under NAICS 311615 (Food). Across 5 years of records spanning 2019–2023, the site has disclosed 72.9K lbs in cumulative toxic releases across 3 distinct chemicals. Largest chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
The dominant release pathway is air releases at 47.3K lbs (64.8% of total volume), followed by off-site transfers at 35.2%. The facility is operated under parent company Tyson Foods Inc alongside Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Nearest other TRI reporters: Inteva Products; Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant; Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC; Koch Foods of Gadsden. Similar-scale peers outside Alabama: Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant; Phm Brands LLC; Mondelez Global LLC; Prairie Farms-Rockford.
TRI Form R values are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions, and treat every pound of reported chemical equally regardless of toxicity. Inclusion in the TRI database does not establish a health risk to nearby residents; it documents the annual reporting record that Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div has filed with the EPA under federal community right-to-know requirements - open Inteva Products for a different chemical mix before treating volume as risk.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div's total reported releases rose from 19.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div's off-site transfers rose from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div's air releases fell from 16.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 72.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Reported total releases by year
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div - annual TRI totals
- 2019 0
2019
0 million lbs
- 2020 0
2020
0 million lbs
- 2021 0
2021
0 million lbs
- 2022 0
2022
0 million lbs
- 2023 0
2023
0 million lbs
What this shows Year-over-year reported totals. TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production levels, waste-rock handling and reporting changes, not only with emissions controls.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 3.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 26.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 19.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 23.4K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 47.7K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 25.2K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Location
Nearest TRI Facilities to Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Inteva Products, Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant, Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC, ordered by distance.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant, Phm Brands LLC, Mondelez Global LLC.
Other Tyson Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
Data comes from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. Facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts are required to report annually to the EPA.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Inteva Products. "Total releases" includes air, water, land, and off-site transfers for disposal, aggregated across available reporting years. Quantities are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions.
PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. The presence of a facility in the TRI database does not by itself indicate a health risk. For site-specific health questions, consult your local environmental or health agency.
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- Cross-check similar-scale peer Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant outside Alabama. Open Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant
Rank and named neighbors (Inteva Products, Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Sources & how this page was built
Every figure on this page traces to public, federal-government data on Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div. The records below are the primary sources; our methodology explains how they are joined, computed, and verified.
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program, chemical & reporting reference - what each chemical is and how releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service (FRS) - authoritative facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO) - regulatory and compliance context. echo.epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse that exposes these datasets. enviro.epa.gov
Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro. TRI release totals are self-reported estimates, not measured stack emissions.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Toxics Release Inventory has required annual industrial disclosure since its creation under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act in October 1986, and this facility's record is drawn from PlainEnviro's database of more than 25,000 EPA-tracked facilities through the 2023 reporting year; see our methodology for full source citations and refresh cadence.