EPA TRI Facility · Food
Butterball LLC
Mount Olive, NC · Parent: Seaboard Corp
- Total releases
- 191.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Butterball LLC: how the 191.7K lbs splits
191.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 151.7K lbs 79.1%
- Air Releases 40.0K lbs 20.9%
Butterball LLC's 191.7K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 79.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 20.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Butterball LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mount Olive, NC, in the food sector. It reported 42.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 191.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,317 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Butterball LLC is pounds #108 and chemical-count #380 at 191.7K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lear Corp; Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Dudley Facility; Eaton's Crouse-Hinds LLC; S&w Goldsboro Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Carolina: Empire Cheese; Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc.; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp-Denison. Other Seaboard Corp sites in this extract: Seaboard Foods LLC Guymon Ok (processing Plant); Butterball LLC; Butterball LLC - Yellville Feed Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Butterball LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (79.1% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 191.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Empire Cheese and Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc..
Butterball LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
192K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Butterball LLC inside Duplin's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Butterball LLC reports the 371st-largest volume, placing it in the top 18.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 31.0% of every pound reported in Duplin. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Empire Cheese and Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Duplin's reported pounds (618.5K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Butterball LLC's total reported releases rose from 36.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 42.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Butterball LLC's land releases rose from 26.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Butterball LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Butterball LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 191.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 11% (47.6K lbs to 42.5K lbs).
Butterball LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Butterball LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 11% 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 | 47.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 36.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 29.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 36.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 42.5K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 191.7K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Butterball LLC · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Butterball LLC
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Lear Corp, Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC Dudley Facility, Eaton's Crouse-Hinds LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Empire Cheese, Simplot U.S. Food Group Holdings Llc., Saputo Cheese USA Inc..
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Butterball LLC on cumulative reported pounds (191.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include US Army Garrison Yuma Proving Ground, Amtec Corp Amron Div, Dave Steel Co Inc. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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 Seaboard Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Seaboard Foods LLC Guymon Ok (processing Plant), Butterball LLC, Butterball LLC - Yellville Feed Mill.
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, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Lear Corp. Butterball LLC stamps MID volume · LAND 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 Butterball LLC TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Butterball LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mount Olive, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 31.0% of Duplin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Army Garrison Yuma Proving Ground (Δ 123 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Butterball LLC stamps MID volume · LAND 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