EPA TRI Facility · Food
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc
Millsboro, DE · Parent: Mountaire Farms Inc
- Total releases
- 2.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 9
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc: how the 2.7M lbs splits
2.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 2.4M lbs 91.1%
- Air Releases 176.3K lbs 6.6%
- Off-site Transfers 61.0K lbs 2.3%
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc's 2.7M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 91.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 6.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Millsboro, DE, in the food sector. It reported 68.7K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2024, and 2.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 716 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: Intervet Inc. (dba Merck Animal Health); Indian River Generating Station; Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro; Justin Tanks LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Delaware: Sanderson Farms LLC; Ok Foods-Ft Smith; Cargill Inc; Incobrasa Industries Ltd. Other Mountaire Farms Inc sites in this extract: Mountaire Farms Inc. - Lumber Bridge; Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Zinc compounds.
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (91.1% land disposal) across 9 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sanderson Farms LLC and Ok Foods-Ft Smith.
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc inside Sussex's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc reports the 78th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 47.9% of every pound reported in Sussex. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 92.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Delaware include Sanderson Farms LLC and Ok Foods-Ft Smith.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Sussex's reported pounds (5.4M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc's total reported releases fell from 599.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 74.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc's off-site transfers rose from 2.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc's land releases fell from 573.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc's air releases rose from 22.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 25.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 90% (707.5K lbs to 68.7K lbs).
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 90% from 2019 to 2024). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 707.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 583.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2021 | 623.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 599.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 74.1K lbs | 7 |
| 2024 | 68.7K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.4M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 199.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 10.3K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 839 lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 812 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc
Closest other reporters in Delaware - including Intervet Inc. (dba Merck Animal Health), Indian River Generating Station, Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro, 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. Sanderson Farms LLC, Ok Foods-Ft Smith, Cargill Inc.
Compare beyond Delaware
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc on cumulative reported pounds (2.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (9). Release-pound peers include Cabot Corp Canal Plant, Lansing Board of Water & Light-Erickson, Wva Manufacturing LLC. Chemical-count peers include Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC, Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant, Solutia 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Viatris Pharmaceuticals LLC Barceloneta, PR · Chemicals 9 chemicals
- Prepa - San Juan Steam Plant Puerto Nuevo, PR · Electric Utilities 9 chemicals
- Solutia Inc Springfield, MA · Plastics and Rubber 9 chemicals
- O'Connell Oil Co Merrill Road Facility Pittsfield, MA · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 9 chemicals
Other Mountaire Farms Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Mountaire Farms Inc. - Lumber Bridge, Mountaire Farms Inc. - Selbyville 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Intervet Inc. (dba Merck Animal Health). Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 of Delaware Inc TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · 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.
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Millsboro, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 47.9% of Sussex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cabot Corp Canal Plant (Δ 501 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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