EPA TRI Facility · Food
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility
Chattanooga, TN
- Total releases
- 28.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility: how the 28.5K lbs splits
28.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 25.2K lbs 88.4%
- Air Releases 3.3K lbs 11.6%
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility's 28.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 88.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 11.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chattanooga, TN, in the food sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 28.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,433 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility is pounds #224 and chemical-count #482 at 28.5K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Debone/cook Facilit; Motor Wheel LLC; Chattem Inc Plant 2; Astec - Manufacturers Road. Similar-scale Food peers outside Tennessee: Mondelez Global LLC; Conagra Foods Packaged Foods Llc-Waterloo; Cargill Kitchen Solutions; Trouw Nutrition USA LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (88.4% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 28.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mondelez Global LLC and Conagra Foods Packaged Foods Llc-Waterloo.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
28K lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility reports the 743rd-largest volume (28.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Mondelez Global LLC and Conagra Foods Packaged Foods Llc-Waterloo.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility's total reported releases fell from 7.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility's off-site transfers fell from 5.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 413 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility's air releases fell from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 28.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 69% (5.6K lbs to 1.7K lbs).
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 69% 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: Peracetic acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 2.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 11.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 7.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.7K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 28.5K lbs | - |
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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 Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Debone/cook Facilit. Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chattanooga, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 1.1% of Hamilton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Fiberglass Specialties Inc (Δ 13 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp Chattanooga Fresh Facility stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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