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
MIXED Form-R mix
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div: how the 72.9K lbs splits
72.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 47.3K lbs 64.8%
- Off-site Transfers 25.6K lbs 35.2%
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div's 72.9K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 64.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 35.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
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. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. 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.
Compare Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div with
Nearest reporters in Alabama
- Inteva Products Gadsden · 11 lbs
- Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg LLC - Rainbow City Plant Rainbow City · 3 lbs
- Fehrer Automotive N.a. LLC Gadsden · 19.1K lbs
- Koch Foods of Gadsden Gadsden · 7.0M lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant (IA) · Phm Brands LLC (IN) · Mondelez Global LLC (GA)
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Gadsden, AL: 72.9K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 64.8%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant and Phm Brands LLC.
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
73K 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
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div: Ammonia-led volume
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. Scale peers outside Alabama include Perdue Foods LLC - Sioux Preme Packing Co. Center Plant and Phm Brands LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 65.5%. Not a toxicity score.
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.
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div 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 Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 72.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div: 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 Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div year-over-year reported totals. 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: Ammonia.
| 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 | - |
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div in Etowah
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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.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div on cumulative reported pounds (72.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Goliad Gas Plant, 3M Co-Prairie Du Chien Bldg 50, John Deere Ottumwa Works. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Goliad Gas Plant Goliad, TX · Natural Gas Processing 72.9K lbs reported
- 3M Co-Prairie Du Chien Bldg 50 Prairie Du Chien, WI · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 72.8K lbs reported
- John Deere Ottumwa Works Ottumwa, IA · Machinery 72.9K lbs reported
- Mfg Construction Products Independence, KS · Plastics and Rubber 72.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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.
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. Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div 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 Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gadsden, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 1.0% of Etowah TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Goliad Gas Plant (Δ 16 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Keystone Foods LLC - Alabama Div stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 64.8%). 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