EPA TRI Facility · Food
Simmons Decatur Processing South
Decatur, AR · Parent: Simmons Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 1.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Simmons Decatur Processing South: how the 1.7K lbs splits
1.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.7K lbs 100.0%
Simmons Decatur Processing South's 1.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Simmons Decatur Processing South is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, AR, in the food sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2019. That ranks 13,079 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. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County; American Electric Power Flint Creek Plant; Mac Holdings Inc DBA Mid-America Cabinets; Cobb-Vantress Inc. Feed Mill. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arkansas: Pacific Dairy Solutions; Tip Top Poultry Inc; Hoffmann Oberweis Dairy; Hp Hood LLC. Other Simmons Foods Inc sites in this extract: Simmons Foods; Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid.
Simmons Decatur Processing South stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.7K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pacific Dairy Solutions and Tip Top Poultry Inc.
Simmons Decatur Processing South vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.7K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Simmons Decatur Processing South: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Simmons Decatur Processing South reports the 1,137th-largest volume (1.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Pacific Dairy Solutions and Tip Top Poultry Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Simmons Decatur Processing South's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Simmons Decatur Processing South Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Simmons Decatur Processing South releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.7K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 1.7K lbs | - |
Simmons Decatur Processing South · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Simmons Decatur Processing South
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County, American Electric Power Flint Creek Plant, Mac Holdings Inc DBA Mid-America Cabinets, 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. Pacific Dairy Solutions, Tip Top Poultry Inc, Hoffmann Oberweis Dairy.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Simmons Decatur Processing South on cumulative reported pounds (1.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Federal Correctional Institution, Pacific Dairy Solutions, Westlake Dimex. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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
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Other Simmons Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Simmons Foods, Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County.
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; nearby reporters include Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County. Simmons Decatur Processing South 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.
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This Simmons Decatur Processing South TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Simmons Decatur Processing South totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, AR, latest year 2019. NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.1% of Benton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Federal Correctional Institution (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Simmons Decatur Processing South 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