EPA TRI Facility · Food
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.
Postville, IA
- Total releases
- 2.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.: how the 2.5M lbs splits
2.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 2.5M lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 2.0K lbs 0.1%
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.'s 2.5M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Postville, IA, in the food sector. It reported 577.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 2.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 736 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Iowa's 460 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. is pounds #19 and chemical-count #180 at 2.5M lbs. Climax Molybdenum Co leads reported pounds (16.4M lbs) at 5 chemicals (chemical-count #117). Helena Industries LLC leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (9.4K lbs, pounds #247). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC; Prairie Farms; Rockwell Collins - Decorah Operations; Gemini-Decorah. Similar-scale Food peers outside Iowa: Cargill Inc; Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Novita Aurora LLC; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid; Chlorine.
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (99.9% water discharges) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Inc and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.5M 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
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. inside Allamakee's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. reports the 87th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 54.7% of every pound reported in Allamakee. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Iowa include Cargill Inc and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Allamakee's reported pounds (4.6M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.'s total reported releases rose from 420.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 577.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.'s air releases fell from 510 lb in 2022 to 10 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.'s water releases rose from 419.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 577.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.'s chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 7% (537.6K lbs to 577.3K lbs).
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023
What this shows Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 7% 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 | 537.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 509.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 474.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 420.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 577.3K 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) | 2.5M lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 2.0K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 50 lbs | - |
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.
Closest other reporters in Iowa - including Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC, Prairie Farms, Rockwell Collins - Decorah Operations, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Iowa - e.g. Cargill Inc, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Novita Aurora LLC.
Compare beyond Iowa
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. on cumulative reported pounds (2.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Bmw Manufacturing Co LLC, Arauco N.a. Inc., Cargill 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).
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), Peracetic acid, Chlorine; nearby reporters include Industrial Laminates/norplex LLC. Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. 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 Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. 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.
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Postville, IA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 54.7% of Allamakee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bmw Manufacturing Co LLC (Δ 1.5K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc. 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