EPA TRI Facility · Food
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant
Gainesville, GA · Parent: Mar-Jac Poultry Inc
- Total releases
- 17.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant: how the 17.6K lbs splits
17.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 13.0K lbs 73.7%
- Off-site Transfers 4.4K lbs 24.9%
- Water Discharges 240 lbs 1.4%
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant's 17.6K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 73.7% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 24.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gainesville, GA, in the food sector. It reported 7.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 17.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 8,534 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. Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant is pounds #269 and chemical-count #376 at 17.6K 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: Marel Inc.; Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant; Argos Gainesville Concrete Plant; Cantrell Gainco. Similar-scale Food peers outside Georgia: Land O Lakes - Orland; Foster Farms Belgravia Plant; Darigold-Rainier; Bio Springer N.a. Corp.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid; Ammonia.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (73.7% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 17.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Land O Lakes - Orland and Foster Farms Belgravia Plant.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant reports the 836th-largest volume (17.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 68.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Land O Lakes - Orland and Foster Farms Belgravia Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 68.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant's total reported releases rose from 2.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant's water releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 240 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant's off-site transfers rose from 170 lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 17.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 3.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 4.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 7.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 12.1K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 5.5K lbs | - |
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Marel Inc., Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant, Argos Gainesville Concrete Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Land O Lakes - Orland, Foster Farms Belgravia Plant, Darigold-Rainier.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant on cumulative reported pounds (17.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Bluescope Coated Products LLC, Kelly Plating Co, Viking Pump Inc-Alloys Foundry. 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.
- Bluescope Coated Products LLC Cambridge, OH · Fabricated Metals 17.6K lbs reported
- Kelly Plating Co Cleveland, OH · Fabricated Metals 17.6K lbs reported
- Viking Pump Inc-Alloys Foundry Cedar Falls, IA · Primary Metals 17.6K lbs reported
- Custom Marble & Onyx Modesto, CA · Plastics and Rubber 17.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Peracetic acid, Ammonia; nearby reporters include Marel Inc.. Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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 Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Gainesville, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.7% of Hall TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bluescope Coated Products LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid. 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