EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Dakota City, NE · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 372.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc: how the 372.8K lbs splits
372.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 280.3K lbs 75.2%
- Off-site Transfers 92.5K lbs 24.8%
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc's 372.8K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 75.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 24.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dakota City, NE, in the food sector. It reported 62.7K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 372.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,296 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. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc is pounds #28 and chemical-count #22 at 372.8K 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Ingredion; Siouxland Concrete Co; Sioux City Foundry Co; Empirical Foods (ssc). Similar-scale Food peers outside Nebraska: Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC; Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility; Ag Processing Inc; Lamb-Weston/rdo Frozen. 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; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (75.2% air releases) across 10 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 372.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC and Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
373K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc reports the 280th-largest volume, placing it in the top 14.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 75.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Nebraska include Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC and Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tyson Fresh Meats Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 75.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc's total reported releases fell from 69.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 62.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc's off-site transfers rose from 7.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 9.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc's chemicals reported rose from 7 in 2022 to 8 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Fresh Meats Inc's air releases fell from 62.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 53.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tyson Fresh Meats Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 372.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 19% (77.3K lbs to 62.7K lbs).
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tyson Fresh Meats Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 19% 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 77.3K lbs | 8 |
| 2020 | 81.5K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 81.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 69.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 62.7K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 282.9K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 44.0K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 40.2K lbs | - |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 770 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 0 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc · AIR-pathway site
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Nebraska - e.g. Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC, Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility, Ag Processing Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tyson Fresh Meats Inc on cumulative reported pounds (372.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC, Surteco N.a. Inc., Vpgc LLC Hinton Facility. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Ingredion. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc stamps MID 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 Fresh Meats Inc TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dakota City, NE, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311611 · Food. 24.1% of Dakota TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Casa Grande Dairy Products LLC (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc stamps MID 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