EPA TRI Facility · Food
Shearer's Foods
Newport, AR · Parent: Shearer's Foods
- Total releases
- 27.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Shearer's Foods: how the 27.2K lbs splits
27.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 26.9K lbs 99.0%
- Air Releases 265 lbs 1.0%
Shearer's Foods's 27.2K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Shearer's Foods is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Newport, AR, in the food sector. It reported 8.4K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 27.2K lbs in total across its 2021-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,542 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 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: Arkansas Steel Associates LLC; Harsco Metals-Asa; Scott Petroleum Corp; Independence Steam Electric Station. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arkansas: Zinpro Corp; Ninth Ave Foods; Nestle Prepared Foods Co; Associated Milk Producers Inc. Other Shearer's Foods sites in this extract: Shearers Food LLC; Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co; Shearer's Foods. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Shearer's Foods stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 27.2K lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Zinpro Corp and Ninth Ave Foods.
Shearer's Foods vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
27K 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
Shearer's Foods inside Jackson's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Shearer's Foods reports the 755th-largest volume (27.2K lbs). This one site accounts for 37.4% of every pound reported in Jackson. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Zinpro Corp and Ninth Ave Foods.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Jackson's reported pounds (72.7K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Shearer's Foods's total reported releases fell from 8.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shearer's Foods's air releases fell from 255 lb in 2022 to 10 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Shearer's Foods's off-site transfers fell from 8.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Shearer's Foods Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Shearer's Foods releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 27.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2021 to 2023, total releases decreased by 15% (9.9K lbs to 8.4K lbs).
Shearer's Foods: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Shearer's Foods year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 15% from 2021 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 8.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 8.4K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 26.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 265 lbs | - |
Shearer's Foods · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Shearer's Foods
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Arkansas Steel Associates LLC, Harsco Metals-Asa, Scott Petroleum Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 349 other reporting facilities in Arkansas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Zinpro Corp, Ninth Ave Foods, Nestle Prepared Foods Co.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Shearer's Foods on cumulative reported pounds (27.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Mertzon Gas Plant, Greenville Metals Inc, Trs Ceramics Inc. DBA Trs Technologies. 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.
- Mertzon Gas Plant Mertzon, TX · Natural Gas Processing 27.2K lbs reported
- Greenville Metals Inc Transfer, PA · Primary Metals 27.2K lbs reported
- Trs Ceramics Inc. DBA Trs Technologies State College, PA · Transportation Equipment 27.2K lbs reported
- U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground Dugway, UT · Other 27.2K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Shearer's Foods Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Shearers Food LLC, Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods Co, Shearer's Foods.
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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Arkansas Steel Associates LLC. Shearer's Foods stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Shearer's Foods TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · 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.
Shearer's Foods totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Newport, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 311919 · Food. 37.4% of Jackson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mertzon Gas Plant (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Shearer's Foods stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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