EPA TRI Facility · Food
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant
Enterprise, AL · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 3.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant: how the 3.4M lbs splits
3.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 3.4M lbs 98.6%
- Air Releases 33.5K lbs 1.0%
- Off-site Transfers 15.9K lbs 0.5%
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant's 3.4M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 98.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Enterprise, AL, in the food sector. It reported 1.0M lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 3.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 574 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: Morgan Fuel LLC; Sessions Co Inc; Utility Trailer Manufacturing; Dura-Cast Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Agp Processing Inc; Louis Dreyfus Co Agricultural Products LLC; Sanderson Farms LLC; Jbs Pork. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Jbs Pork. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Peracetic acid; Hydrogen sulfide.
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (98.6% water discharges) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Agp Processing Inc and Louis Dreyfus Co Agricultural Products LLC.
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.4M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant inside Coffee's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant reports the 53rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 41.5% of every pound reported in Coffee. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 98.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Agp Processing Inc and Louis Dreyfus Co Agricultural Products LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Coffee's reported pounds (8.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant's total reported releases rose from 592.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 15.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant's water releases rose from 581.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 998.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant's air releases fell from 11.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 125% (454.5K lbs to 1.0M lbs).
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 125% 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 | 454.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 588.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 771.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 592.6K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 1.0M lbs | 5 |
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) | 3.4M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 33.0K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 12.3K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 7.5K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Morgan Fuel LLC, Sessions Co Inc, Utility Trailer Manufacturing, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Agp Processing Inc, Louis Dreyfus Co Agricultural Products LLC, Sanderson Farms LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (3.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Procter & Gamble Mfg. Co., Itafos Conda LLC, Valero Refining - New Orleans LLC. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Jbs USA Food Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jbs/swift Pork Co, Jbs Plainwell, Swift Pork.
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), Ammonia, Peracetic acid, Hydrogen sulfide; nearby reporters include Morgan Fuel LLC. Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · 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.
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Enterprise, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 41.5% of Coffee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Procter & Gamble Mfg. Co. (Δ 7.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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