EPA TRI Facility · Food
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md
Salisbury, MD · Parent: Perdue Farms Inc
- Total releases
- 2.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md: how the 2.4M lbs splits
2.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.4M lbs 100.0%
- Water Discharges 330 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 30 lbs <0.1%
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md's 2.4M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Salisbury, MD, in the food sector. It reported 268.2K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2024, and 2.1M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 832 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maryland's 152 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md is pounds #4 and chemical-count #16 at 2.1M lbs. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds (9.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #37). Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (560.1K lbs, pounds #9). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Trinity Sterile; Spartech LLC; Plymouth Tube Co; Perdue Foods LLC - Salisbury Processing Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Maryland: Tyson Farms Inc-Center Tx P Rocessing; Minnesota Soybean Processors; Lactalis Heritage Dairy Inc.; South Dakota Soybean Processors. Other Perdue Farms Inc sites in this extract: Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Cyclohexane; Copper compounds; Manganese compounds.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.1M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Farms Inc-Center Tx P Rocessing and Minnesota Soybean Processors.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.1M 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
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md inside Wicomico's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md reports the 101st-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 91.0% of every pound reported in Wicomico. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 74.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Maryland include Tyson Farms Inc-Center Tx P Rocessing and Minnesota Soybean Processors.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Wicomico's reported pounds (2.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md's total reported releases fell from 380.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 294.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md's air releases fell from 380.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 294.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md's water releases rose from 66 lb in 2022 to 77 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md Form-R facts
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See how Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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7.0× more 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 Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 17% (321.7K lbs to 268.2K lbs).
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 17% from 2019 to 2024). 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 321.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 553.9K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 539.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 380.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 294.1K lbs | 5 |
| 2024 | 268.2K lbs | 5 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 1.7M lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 613.1K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Selenium compounds | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md · AIR-pathway site
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Compare beyond Maryland
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md on cumulative reported pounds (2.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include McIntosh Electric Generating Plant, Siltronic Corp, Arch Chemicals Inc. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- McIntosh Electric Generating Plant Rincon, GA · Electric Utilities 2.1M lbs reported
- Siltronic Corp Portland, OR · Computers and Electronic Products 2.1M lbs reported
- Arch Chemicals Inc Rochester, NY · Chemicals 2.1M lbs reported
- Ames Advanced Materials Corp South Plainfield, NJ · Chemicals 2.1M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Perdue Farms Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex.
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 n-Hexane, Cyclohexane, Copper compounds, Manganese compounds; nearby reporters include Trinity Sterile. Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md stamps HEAVY 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.
Use and verify this record
This Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Salisbury, MD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311224 · Food. 91.0% of Wicomico TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: McIntosh Electric Generating Plant (Δ 2.2K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Salisbury Md stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. 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