EPA TRI Facility · Food
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE · Parent: United Global Foods US Holdings Inc
- Total releases
- 19.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln: how the 19.5K lbs splits
19.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 19.5K lbs 100.0%
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln's 19.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Sodium nitrite.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lincoln, NE, in the food sector. It reported 8.6K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 19.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 8,295 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Nebraska's 183 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln is pounds #91 and chemical-count #134 at 19.5K lbs. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc leads reported pounds (11.5M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #30). Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc leads chemical count at 150 chemicals (5.7M lbs, pounds #5). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Van Sickle Paint Mfg Co; Lincoln Industries Inc.; Lester Electrical; Zoetis LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Nebraska: Green Bison Soy Processing LLC; Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC; Muscoda Protein Products; Bcp Ingredients Inc. Other United Global Foods US Holdings Inc sites in this extract: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp Smithfield, Va Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sodium nitrite.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.5K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Green Bison Soy Processing LLC and Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
20K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln: Sodium nitrite-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln reports the 813th-largest volume (19.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Sodium nitrite alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Nebraska include Green Bison Soy Processing LLC and Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln's pounds in one chemical - here Sodium nitrite at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases increased by 131% (3.7K lbs to 8.6K lbs).
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln year-over-year reported totals (increased by 131% from 2019 to 2022). 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: Sodium nitrite.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 7.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 8.6K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium nitrite | 19.5K lbs | - |
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln
Closest other reporters in Nebraska - including Van Sickle Paint Mfg Co, Lincoln Industries Inc., Lester Electrical, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nebraska - e.g. Green Bison Soy Processing LLC, Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC, Muscoda Protein Products.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln on cumulative reported pounds (19.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Finisar Corp, Southwest United Industries Inc, Sika Corp-Marion Operations. 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.
- Finisar Corp Sherman, TX · Computers and Electronic Products 19.6K lbs reported
- Southwest United Industries Inc Tulsa, OK · Fabricated Metals 19.6K lbs reported
- Sika Corp-Marion Operations Marion, OH · Chemicals 19.5K lbs reported
- Abb Installation Products Inc. Hackettstown, NJ · Electrical Equipment 19.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other United Global Foods US Holdings Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp - Sioux Falls, Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel, Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Crete.
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 Sodium nitrite; nearby reporters include Van Sickle Paint Mfg Co. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lincoln, NE, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (3 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 0.2% of Lancaster TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Finisar Corp (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Sodium nitrite. 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