EPA TRI Facility · Food
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant
Georgetown, DE · Parent: Perdue Farms Inc
- Total releases
- 2.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant: how the 2.8M lbs splits
2.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 2.7M lbs 96.7%
- Air Releases 87.6K lbs 3.1%
- Off-site Transfers 4.8K lbs 0.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant's 2.8M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 96.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Georgetown, DE, in the food sector. It reported 564.0K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2024, and 2.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 798 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Justin Tanks LLC; Allen Harim Foods LLC - Harbeson; Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc; Intervet Inc. (dba Merck Animal Health). Similar-scale Food peers outside Delaware: Chs Fairmont; Cargill Inc; Gibson Solae; Minnesota Soybean Processors. Other Perdue Farms Inc sites in this extract: Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid.
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (96.7% water discharges) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.2M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Chs Fairmont and Cargill Inc.
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.2M 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
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant inside Sussex's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant reports the 98th-largest volume, placing it in the top 5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 41.4% 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 96.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Delaware include Chs Fairmont and Cargill Inc.
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
- Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant's total reported releases rose from 504.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 586.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant's off-site transfers fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 847 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant's air releases rose from 20.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 24.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant's water releases rose from 482.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 561.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 61% (351.3K lbs to 564.0K lbs).
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
What this shows Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 61% 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 | 351.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 359.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 436.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 504.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 586.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2024 | 564.0K lbs | 4 |
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) | 2.7M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 61.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 24.8K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 7.4K lbs | - |
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant · WATER-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (2.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Westinghouse Electric Co LLC, Golden Valley Electric Assoc Healy Power Plant, Valero Refining Texas LP Corpus Christi East Plant. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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- Golden Valley Electric Assoc Healy Power Plant Healy, AK · Electric Utilities 2.3M lbs reported
- Valero Refining Texas LP Corpus Christi East Plant Corpus Christi, TX · Petroleum 2.3M lbs reported
- Freeport-McMoran Tyrone Inc. Tyrone, NM · Metal Mining 2.3M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other Perdue Farms Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex.
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, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Justin Tanks LLC. Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · 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.
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Georgetown, DE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 41.4% of Sussex TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Westinghouse Electric Co LLC (Δ 7.4K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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