EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp
Dodge City, KS · Parent: Cargill Inc
- Total releases
- 2.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
MIXED Form-R mix
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp: how the 2.5M lbs splits
2.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 1.4M lbs 54.9%
- Air Releases 639.1K lbs 25.3%
- Water Discharges 492.6K lbs 19.5%
- Off-site Transfers 7.9K lbs 0.3%
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's 2.5M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - land disposal is 54.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 25.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dodge City, KS, in the food sector. It reported 435.1K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 2.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 732 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp is pounds #15 and chemical-count #66 at 2.5M lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Rsa Microtech LLC; Dodge City Concrete; National Beef Packing Co LLC; Koch Fertilizer Dodge City LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kansas: Cargill Inc; Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc.; Novita Aurora LLC; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex. Other Cargill Inc sites in this extract: Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Cargill Corn Milling; Cargill Inc; Cargill Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitric acid.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Dodge City, KS: 2.5M lbs across 5 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment land disposal at 54.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cargill Inc and Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc..
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp 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
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp reports the 85th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 71.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Cargill Inc and Agri Star Meat & Poultry Llc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 71.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's total reported releases rose from 194.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 435.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's air releases rose from 63.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 334.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's water releases fell from 48.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp's land releases rose from 81.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 99.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cargill Meat Solutions Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 56% (980.7K lbs to 435.1K lbs).
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Cargill Meat Solutions Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 56% 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 | 980.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 554.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 361.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 194.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 435.1K lbs | 5 |
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) | 1.8M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 656.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 63.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cargill Meat Solutions Corp on cumulative reported pounds (2.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Chemours Louisville Plant, Cargill Inc, Arauco N.a. Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Cargill Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Cargill Corn Milling, Cargill 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), Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Rsa Microtech LLC. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp stamps HEAVY 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.
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This Cargill Meat Solutions Corp TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · 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.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dodge City, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311611 · Food. 16.7% of Ford TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Holcomb Unit 1 (Δ 951 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (land disposal leads at 54.9%). 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