EPA TRI Facility · Food
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant
Guntersville, AL · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 26.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant: how the 26.5K lbs splits
26.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 23.0K lbs 86.9%
- Off-site Transfers 3.5K lbs 13.1%
- Water Discharges 3 lbs <0.1%
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant's 26.5K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 86.9% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 13.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Guntersville, AL, in the food sector. It reported 6.1K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 26.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,599 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cargill Inc; Highline Warren LLC - Warren Southeast; Icd Melting Solutions LLC; Tyson Chicken Inc. - Albertville Processing Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Western Quality Foods LLC; Fresno Cherry Avenue; Hanover Foods Corp; Wwf Operating Co LLC. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid; Ammonia.
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (86.9% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 26.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Western Quality Foods LLC and Fresno Cherry Avenue.
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
26K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% 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 Guntersville Processing Plant: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant reports the 761st-largest volume (26.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Western Quality Foods LLC and Fresno Cherry Avenue.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant's total reported releases fell from 10.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant's air releases fell from 10.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 26.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 202800% (3 lbs to 6.1K lbs).
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 202800% 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 10.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 10.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 6.1K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 26.5K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 3 lbs | - |
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Cargill Inc, Highline Warren LLC - Warren Southeast, Icd Melting Solutions LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Western Quality Foods LLC, Fresno Cherry Avenue, Hanover Foods Corp.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (26.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Nexpera - Red Lion Plant, Avient Corp North Baltimore, General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 46. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Nexpera - Red Lion Plant New Castle, DE · Chemicals 26.5K lbs reported
- Avient Corp North Baltimore North Baltimore, OH · Chemicals 26.5K lbs reported
- General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 46 Elgin, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 26.5K lbs reported
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Social Circle, GA · Plastics and Rubber 26.5K lbs reported
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 Peracetic acid, Ammonia; nearby reporters include Cargill Inc. Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Guntersville Processing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Guntersville, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.8% of Marshall TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Nexpera - Red Lion Plant (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pilgrim's Pride Guntersville Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid. 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