EPA TRI Facility · Food
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div
Souderton, PA · Parent: Jbs USA Food Co
- Total releases
- 3.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div: how the 3.9M lbs splits
3.9M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 3.8M lbs 98.8%
- Off-site Transfers 39.0K lbs 1.0%
- Air Releases 8.2K lbs 0.2%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div's 3.9M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 98.8% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Souderton, PA, in the food sector. It reported 844.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 3.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 634 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. Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div is pounds #15 and chemical-count #569 at 3.0M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant; Pecora Corp; Clemens Food Group (hatfield Facility); Penn Color Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Pennsylvania: Bunge N.a. Inc.; Cargill Inc; Pilgrim's Pride Corp Sanford Facility; Valdosta Oilseeds Complex. Other Jbs USA Food Co sites in this extract: Jbs/swift Pork Co; Jbs Plainwell; Swift Pork; Pilgrim's Pride Enterprise Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia.
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (98.8% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Bunge N.a. Inc. and Cargill Inc.
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div inside Montgomery's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div reports the 64th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.2% of its sector. This one site accounts for 59.7% of every pound reported in Montgomery. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Bunge N.a. Inc. and Cargill Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Montgomery's reported pounds (5.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div's total reported releases fell from 652.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 343.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div's off-site transfers rose from 2.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 4.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div's water releases fell from 648.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 337.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div's air releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.9M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 414% (164.4K lbs to 844.8K lbs).
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 0
- 2024
What this shows Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div year-over-year reported totals (increased by 414% from 2019 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 164.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 1.2M lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 620.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 652.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 343.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 844.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3.8M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 24.6K lbs | - |
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div · WATER-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant, Pecora Corp, Clemens Food Group (hatfield Facility), ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Bunge N.a. Inc., Cargill Inc, Pilgrim's Pride Corp Sanford Facility.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div on cumulative reported pounds (3.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Lsb Chemical LLC, Dow Silicones Corp, Ahlstrom Filtration LLC. 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 Jbs USA Food Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Jbs/swift Pork Co, Jbs Plainwell, Swift Pork.
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), Ammonia; nearby reporters include Jbs Souderton Inc-Beef Plant. Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div 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.
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This Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div 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.
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Souderton, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311613 · Food. 59.7% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lsb Chemical LLC (Δ 3.1K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Jbs Souderton Inc - Rendering Div 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