EPA TRI Facility · Food
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3
Fredericksburg, PA · Parent: Sechler Family Foods
- Total releases
- 5.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3: how the 8.0K lbs splits
8.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 8.0K lbs 100.0%
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3's 8.0K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fredericksburg, PA, in the food sector. It reported 2.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 5.3K lbs in total across its 2022-2024 reporting years. That ranks 11,071 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 is pounds #494 and chemical-count #855 at 5.3K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Keystone Protein Co; Farmer's Pride Inc; Wabash National L.P.; Te Connectivity. Similar-scale Food peers outside Pennsylvania: Grande Cheese Co Wyocena; Sadler's Smokehouse LLC; Nestle Purina Petcare Co; Gold Creek Foods Llc, GC15. Other Sechler Family Foods sites in this extract: Keystone Protein Co; Farmer's Pride Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid.
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.3K lbs (2022–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Grande Cheese Co Wyocena and Sadler's Smokehouse LLC.
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.3K lbs Top 43% higher than 57% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 reports the 1,020th-largest volume (5.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Grande Cheese Co Wyocena and Sadler's Smokehouse LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3's total reported releases rose from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3's air releases rose from 2.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 Form-R facts
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See how Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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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 Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 8.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2024, total releases increased by 21% (2.2K lbs to 2.7K lbs).
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2024
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 21% from 2022 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 3.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 2.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 8.0K lbs | - |
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Keystone Protein Co, Farmer's Pride Inc, Wabash National L.P., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Grande Cheese Co Wyocena, Sadler's Smokehouse LLC, Nestle Purina Petcare Co.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 on cumulative reported pounds (5.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Coastal Chemical Co. LLC, Intersystems International Inc., Sherwin-Williams Co. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Sechler Family Foods Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Keystone Protein Co, Farmer's Pride Inc.
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 Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Keystone Protein Co. Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 stamps LIGHT 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 Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fredericksburg, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2024 (3 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 0.3% of Lebanon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Coastal Chemical Co. LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Farmers Pride Inc - Plant 3 stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid. 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