EPA TRI Facility · Food
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant
Kathleen, GA · Parent: Pepsico Inc
- Total releases
- 133.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant: how the 133.0K lbs splits
133.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 133.0K lbs 100.0%
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant's 133.0K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kathleen, GA, in the food sector. It reported 39.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 133.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,991 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant is pounds #122 and chemical-count #346 at 133.0K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mid-Georgia Cogen; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Cemex Southeast Llc-Clinchfield Cement Plant; Cascade Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Georgia: Portales Dairy Products LLC; Viscofan USA Inc.; House of Raeford Farms Inc; Wholestone Farms Cooperative Inc.. Other Pepsico Inc sites in this extract: Frito-Lay,inc.; Frito Lay Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc; Frito-Lay Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 133.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Portales Dairy Products LLC and Viscofan USA Inc..
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
133K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant reports the 444th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Portales Dairy Products LLC and Viscofan USA Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant's total reported releases rose from 32.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 39.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant's land releases rose from 32.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 39.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 133.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 86% (21.0K lbs to 39.0K lbs).
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 86% from 2019 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 20.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 21.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 32.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 39.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 133.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Mid-Georgia Cogen, Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex, Cemex Southeast Llc-Clinchfield Cement Plant, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant on cumulative reported pounds (133.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America Llc. - Pasadena Plant, Arichem LLC, Portales Dairy Products 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Pepsico Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Frito-Lay,inc., Frito Lay Inc., Frito-Lay Inc.
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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Mid-Georgia Cogen. Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant stamps MID 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.
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This Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant TRI extract (MID · 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.
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kathleen, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311919 · Food. 3.6% of Houston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America Llc. - Pasadena Plant (Δ 92 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Frito-Lay Inc. - Perry Plant stamps MID 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