EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant
Hutchinson, KS · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 6.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant: how the 6.7K lbs splits
6.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 6.7K lbs 100.0%
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant's 6.7K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hutchinson, KS, in the food sector. It reported 6.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022. That ranks 10,643 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. Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant is pounds #145 and chemical-count #260 at 6.7K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kuhn Krause Inc; Collins Bus Corp; Tyson Prepared Foods-South Hutchinson Ks; Concrete Enterprises. Similar-scale Food peers outside Kansas: Brakebush Brothers Inc; West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant; House of Raeford Farms Inc Wallace Div; Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. Other Tyson Foods Inc sites in this extract: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia.
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.7K lbs (2022–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brakebush Brothers Inc and West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant.
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.7K lbs Top 41% higher than 59% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant reports the 993rd-largest volume (6.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Kansas include Brakebush Brothers Inc and West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant Form-R facts
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29% less than the comparison
80% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.7K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 6.7K lbs | - |
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Kuhn Krause Inc, Collins Bus Corp, Tyson Prepared Foods-South Hutchinson Ks, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Brakebush Brothers Inc, West Liberty Foods Mount Pleasant, House of Raeford Farms Inc Wallace Div.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant on cumulative reported pounds (6.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Vorteq Coil Finishers LLC, Solenis LLC, Elite Finishing LLC. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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 Tyson Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant.
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 Ammonia; nearby reporters include Kuhn Krause Inc. Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson 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.
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This Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hutchinson, KS, latest year 2022. NAICS 311612 · Food. 1.6% of Reno TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Vorteq Coil Finishers LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tyson Prepared Foods - Hutchinson Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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