EPA TRI Facility · Food
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant
Athens, GA · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 78.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant: how the 78.5K lbs splits
78.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 41.1K lbs 52.3%
- Off-site Transfers 37.5K lbs 47.7%
- Water Discharges 4 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant's 78.5K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 52.3% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 47.7%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Athens, GA, in the food sector. It reported 39.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 78.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 5,105 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. Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant is pounds #147 and chemical-count #351 at 78.5K 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: Argos Athens Concrete Plant; Power Partners LLC; Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc.; Carrier Transicold - Athens. Similar-scale Food peers outside Georgia: Crystal Creamery Inc.; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC; West Liberty Foods L.L.C.; Florida's Natural Growers Inc.. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid; Ammonia.
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Athens, GA: 78.5K lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 52.3%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Crystal Creamery Inc. and Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC.
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
79K lbs Top 20% higher than 80% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant reports the 545th-largest volume (78.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 70.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Georgia include Crystal Creamery Inc. and Conagra Foods Packaged Foods LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 70.0%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant's total reported releases rose from 19.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 39.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant's air releases rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant's off-site transfers rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 78.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 2346% (1.6K lbs to 39.3K lbs).
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2346% 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 1.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 16.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 19.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 39.3K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 55.0K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 23.6K lbs | - |
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant in Clarke
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (78.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Lonestar Ecology LLC, Triseal Opco LLC - Polo Road Complex, Gvs N.a. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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Other Jbs USA Food Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jbs/swift Pork Co, Jbs Plainwell, Swift Pork.
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 Argos Athens Concrete Plant. Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing 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 Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · MIXED · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Athens, GA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 5.3% of Clarke TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lonestar Ecology LLC (Δ 29 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pilgrim's Pride Athens Processing Plant stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 52.3%). 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