EPA TRI Facility · Food
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods
Decatur, AL · Parent: Continental Grain Co
- Total releases
- 47.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods: how the 47.6K lbs splits
47.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 32.1K lbs 67.4%
- Off-site Transfers 15.5K lbs 32.6%
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods's 47.6K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 67.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 32.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, AL, in the food sector. It reported 25.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 47.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,222 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: Wayne-Sanderson Farms - Decatur Fresh Plant; Applegate Fibers South; Daikin America Inc; Mda Manufacturing Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Cloverland Farms Dairy; Hiland Dairy Foods Co; General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant; Dold Foods Inc. Other Continental Grain Co sites in this extract: Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh Plant; Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Pendergrass Fresh Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Certain glycol ethers; Nitric acid.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Decatur, AL: 47.6K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 67.4%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cloverland Farms Dairy and Hiland Dairy Foods Co.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
48K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods reports the 640th-largest volume (47.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 89.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Cloverland Farms Dairy and Hiland Dairy Foods Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 89.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods's total reported releases rose from 4.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods's air releases rose from 2.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods's off-site transfers fell from 2.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 637 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 47.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 233% (7.5K lbs to 25.0K lbs).
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods: 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 Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods year-over-year reported totals (increased by 233% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 5.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 4.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 4.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 25.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 42.8K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 4.8K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
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Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Wayne-Sanderson Farms - Decatur Fresh Plant, Applegate Fibers South, Daikin America Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Cloverland Farms Dairy, Hiland Dairy Foods Co, General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods on cumulative reported pounds (47.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Giddings Gas Plant, Lhoist North America of Texas (plant Operations), Ikon Boats LLC. 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.
- Giddings Gas Plant Giddings, TX · Natural Gas Processing 47.6K lbs reported
- Lhoist North America of Texas (plant Operations) Clifton, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 47.6K lbs reported
- Ikon Boats LLC Madisonville, TN · Transportation Equipment 47.6K lbs reported
- Suterra LLC Bend, OR · Chemicals 47.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Continental Grain Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Enterprise Fresh Plant, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Danville Complex, Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Dobson Fresh 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, Certain glycol ethers, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Wayne-Sanderson Farms - Decatur Fresh Plant. Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods 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 Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.2% of Morgan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Giddings Gas Plant (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wayne-Sanderson Farms LLC - Decatur Prepared Foods stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 67.4%). 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