EPA TRI Facility · Food
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant
Gainesville, GA · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 48.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant: how the 48.2K lbs splits
48.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 24.9K lbs 51.6%
- Off-site Transfers 23.3K lbs 48.4%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs <0.1%
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant's 48.2K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 51.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 48.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Gainesville, GA, in the food sector. It reported 9.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 48.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,197 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 Gainesville Processing Plant is pounds #183 and chemical-count #276 at 48.2K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant; Marel Inc.; Argos Gainesville Concrete Plant; Cargill Gainesville. Similar-scale Food peers outside Georgia: Dairy Farmers of America Inc Goshen; Diamond V Mills LLC; Gold Eagle Coop - Galt; General Mills Reed City Yoplait Plant. 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; Ozone.
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant is a LIGHT · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Gainesville, GA: 48.2K lbs across 3 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 51.6%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dairy Farmers of America Inc Goshen and Diamond V Mills LLC.
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
48K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% 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 Gainesville Processing Plant in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant reports the 636th-largest volume (48.2K lbs). Scale peers outside Georgia include Dairy Farmers of America Inc Goshen and Diamond V Mills LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant's total reported releases fell from 30.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant's air releases fell from 15.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant's off-site transfers fell from 15.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 48.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1322% (656 lbs to 9.3K lbs).
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville 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 Gainesville Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1322% 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 | 656 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 850 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 7.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 30.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 9.3K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 27.4K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 20.8K lbs | - |
| Ozone | 0 lbs | - |
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant in Hall
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Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant, Marel Inc., Argos Gainesville Concrete Plant, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Dairy Farmers of America Inc Goshen, Diamond V Mills LLC, Gold Eagle Coop - Galt.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (48.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Dairy Farmers of America Inc Goshen, Fisk Alloy Wire Inc, Iff Chemical Holdings Inc. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International 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).
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, Ozone; nearby reporters include Mar-Jac Poultry Inc-Gainesville Plant. Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville Processing 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. 1.9% of Hall TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dairy Farmers of America Inc Goshen (Δ 5 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pilgrim's Pride Gainesville Processing Plant stamps LIGHT · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 51.6%). 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