EPA TRI Facility · Food
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant
Lewiston Woodville, NC · Parent: Perdue Farms Inc
- Total releases
- 12.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant: how the 12.0M lbs splits
12.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 11.3M lbs 93.9%
- Air Releases 620.4K lbs 5.2%
- Off-site Transfers 80.1K lbs 0.7%
- Land Disposal 37.3K lbs 0.3%
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant's 12.0M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 93.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lewiston Woodville, NC, in the food sector. It reported 2.2M lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 12.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 169 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. Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant is pounds #5 and chemical-count #116 at 12.0M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Darling Ingredients Inc.; Penco Products Inc; Enviva Pellets LLC - Ahoskie Facility; Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Carolina: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Pryor Solae; Jbs Plainwell; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. Other Perdue Farms Inc sites in this extract: Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va; Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Hydrogen sulfide; Ammonia; Peracetic acid.
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (93.9% water discharges) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 12.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il and Pryor Solae.
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant inside Bertie's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant reports the 7th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 86.5% of every pound reported in Bertie. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 94.2% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il and Pryor Solae.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Bertie's reported pounds (13.9M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant's total reported releases fell from 2.5 million lb in 2022 to 2.2 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant's off-site transfers rose from 16.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 55.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant's air releases fell from 74.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 23.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant's chemicals reported fell from 5 in 2022 to 4 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 12.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 8% (2.4M lbs to 2.2M lbs).
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 8% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.4M lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.5M lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.5M lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 2.5M lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 2.2M lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 11.3M lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 516.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 171.5K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 5.0K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 603 lbs | - |
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant · WATER-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Darling Ingredients Inc., Penco Products Inc, Enviva Pellets LLC - Ahoskie Facility, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (12.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Westrock Virginia Corp, Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC, Boswell Energy Center. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of 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.
- Westrock Virginia Corp Covington, VA · Paper 12.0M lbs reported
- Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC East Chicago, IN · Hazardous Waste 11.9M lbs reported
- Boswell Energy Center Cohasset, MN · Electric Utilities 11.9M lbs reported
- Terra Nitrogen L.P. Verdigris Plant Claremore, OK · Chemicals 11.9M 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 - Cromwell Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex, Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va.
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide, Ammonia, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Darling Ingredients Inc.. Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lewiston Woodville, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 86.5% of Bertie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Westrock Virginia Corp (Δ 3.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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