EPA TRI Facility · Food
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant
Selbyville, DE · Parent: Mountaire Farms Inc
- Total releases
- 16.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant: how the 16.2K lbs splits
16.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 7.6K lbs 47.0%
- Air Releases 7.4K lbs 45.6%
- Off-site Transfers 1.2K lbs 7.4%
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant's 16.2K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 47.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 45.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Selbyville, DE, in the food sector. It reported 16.2K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 8,710 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Delaware's 53 reporting TRI sites, Delaware City Refinery leads both reported pounds (27.7M lbs) and chemical count (42 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: Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro; Indian River Generating Station; Intervet Inc. (dba Merck Animal Health); Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Delaware: Chelated Minerals Corp; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC; Tamarack Farms Dairy; Dairy Farmers of America Inc. Other Mountaire Farms Inc sites in this extract: Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc; Mountaire Farms Inc. - Lumber Bridge. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Selbyville, DE: 16.2K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 47.0%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Chelated Minerals Corp and Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC.
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
16K lbs Top 34% higher than 66% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant reports the 853rd-largest volume (16.2K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Delaware include Chelated Minerals Corp and Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant's total reported releases fell from 16.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant's air releases fell from 7.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant's land releases fell from 7.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 16.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 16.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 16.2K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant in Sussex
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant
Closest other reporters in Delaware - including Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro, Indian River Generating Station, Intervet Inc. (dba Merck Animal Health), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 52 other reporting facilities in Delaware.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Delaware - e.g. Chelated Minerals Corp, Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC, Tamarack Farms Dairy.
Compare beyond Delaware
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant on cumulative reported pounds (16.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Pioneer Metal Finishing LLC, Schiller Station, Hillyard Industries Inc. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Mountaire Farms Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc, Mountaire Farms Inc. - Lumber Bridge.
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 Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro. Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant 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 Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Selbyville, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.3% of Sussex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Pioneer Metal Finishing LLC (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 47.0%). 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