EPA TRI Facility · Food
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County
Gentry, AR · Parent: Simmons Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 120.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County: how the 120.0K lbs splits
120.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 103.8K lbs 86.5%
- Air Releases 16.2K lbs 13.5%
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County's 120.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 86.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 13.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gentry, AR, in the food sector. It reported 20.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 120.0K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,189 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: American Electric Power Flint Creek Plant; Mac Holdings Inc DBA Mid-America Cabinets; Cobb-Vantress Inc. Feed Mill; Gates Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Arkansas: The Hillshire Brands St. Joseph Missouri; Trident Seafoods - Sandpoint; Frito-Lay Inc; Friendship. Other Simmons Foods Inc sites in this extract: Simmons Foods; Simmons Decatur Processing South. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (86.5% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 120.0K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include The Hillshire Brands St. Joseph Missouri and Trident Seafoods - Sandpoint.
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
120K lbs Top 16% higher than 84% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County reports the 461st-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 86.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include The Hillshire Brands St. Joseph Missouri and Trident Seafoods - Sandpoint.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 86.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County's total reported releases fell from 23.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County's off-site transfers fell from 19.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County's air releases fell from 3.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
93% less than the comparison
88% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 120.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2023, total releases decreased by 63% (54.6K lbs to 20.0K lbs).
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 63% from 2020 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 54.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 22.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 23.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 20.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 103.8K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 16.2K lbs | - |
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including American Electric Power Flint Creek Plant, Mac Holdings Inc DBA Mid-America Cabinets, Cobb-Vantress Inc. Feed Mill, 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. The Hillshire Brands St. Joseph Missouri, Trident Seafoods - Sandpoint, Frito-Lay Inc.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County on cumulative reported pounds (120.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC, Nova Molecular Sumter LLC, Cooper Heat Treating LLC. 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.
- Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC Fairbank, IA · Chemicals 120.0K lbs reported
- Nova Molecular Sumter LLC Sumter, SC · Chemicals 120.0K lbs reported
- Cooper Heat Treating LLC Detroit, MI · Fabricated Metals 120.0K lbs reported
- Masterbrand Cabinets LLC - Kinston Operations Kinston, NC · Furniture 120.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Simmons Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Simmons Foods, Simmons Decatur Processing South.
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, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include American Electric Power Flint Creek Plant. Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County stamps MID 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.
Use and verify this record
This Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gentry, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 4.1% of Benton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC (Δ 3 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Simmons Prepared Foods- Benton County stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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