EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant
Carthage, TX · Parent: Tyson Foods Inc
- Total releases
- 1.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant: how the 1.3K lbs splits
1.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.3K lbs 100.0%
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant's 1.3K 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
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Carthage, TX, in the food sector. It reported 290 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 1.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,479 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant is pounds #1277 and chemical-count #1674 at 1.3K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant; Panola II Gas Plant; Bulldog Gas Plant; Carthage Gas Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Texas: Leprino Foods Co; Leprino Foods Co; Givaudan Flavors Corp; Nestle Purina Petcare Co. Other Tyson Foods Inc sites in this extract: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid.
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Leprino Foods Co and Leprino Foods Co.
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.3K lbs 48th percentile higher than 48% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant reports the 1,153rd-largest volume (1.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Leprino Foods Co and Leprino Foods Co.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 1350% (20 lbs to 290 lbs).
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1350% 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 | 20 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 20 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 660 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 290 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 290 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 1.3K lbs | - |
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant, Panola II Gas Plant, Bulldog Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Leprino Foods Co, Leprino Foods Co, Givaudan Flavors Corp.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant on cumulative reported pounds (1.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Intelligrated Products LLC, Holcim Wcr Inc Cs-North Ready Mix Plant, Matheson Tri-Gas Inc-Palm. 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.
- Intelligrated Products LLC London, OH · Machinery 1.3K lbs reported
- Holcim Wcr Inc Cs-North Ready Mix Plant Colorado Springs, CO · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 1.3K lbs reported
- Matheson Tri-Gas Inc-Palm Palm, PA · Chemicals 1.3K lbs reported
- Miami International Airport Mia Jet-A Fueling Facility Miami, FL · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 1.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Tyson Foods Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant.
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 Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant. Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant 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 Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Carthage, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.3% of Panola TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Intelligrated Products LLC (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant 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