EPA TRI Facility · Food
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va
Chesapeake, VA · Parent: Perdue Farms Inc
- Total releases
- 2.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va: how the 2.9M lbs splits
2.9M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.9M lbs 100.0%
- Off-site Transfers 348 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va's 2.9M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
HEAVY volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chesapeake, VA, in the food sector. It reported 485.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 2.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 761 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va is pounds #16 and chemical-count #192 at 2.4M lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Oldcastle Apg Mid-Atlantic; US Gypsum Co; U.S. Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair. Similar-scale Food peers outside Virginia: Consolidated Grain & Barge Co; Cargill Meat Solutions Corp; Amalgamated Sugar Co; Southwest Cheese LLC. Other Perdue Farms Inc sites in this extract: Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant; Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex; Perdue Foods LLC - Georgetown Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Cyclohexane.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.4M lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Consolidated Grain & Barge Co and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.4M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va inside Chesapeake (city)'s TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va reports the 94th-largest volume, placing it in the top 4.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 95.1% of every pound reported in Chesapeake (city). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Hexane alone is 87.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Virginia include Consolidated Grain & Barge Co and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Chesapeake (city)'s reported pounds (2.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va's total reported releases rose from 442.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 472.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va's off-site transfers fell from 105 lb in 2022 to 40 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va's air releases rose from 442.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 472.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.9M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 2% (478.6K lbs to 485.8K lbs).
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va year-over-year reported totals (increased by 2% 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: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 478.6K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 547.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 458.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 442.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 472.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 485.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 2.5M lbs | - |
| Cyclohexane | 375.7K lbs | - |
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Oldcastle Apg Mid-Atlantic, US Gypsum Co, U.S. Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Consolidated Grain & Barge Co, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp, Amalgamated Sugar Co.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va on cumulative reported pounds (2.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Big Cajun 2, Apollo Metals Ltd, Nevada Gold Mines LLC - Arturo Mine. 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 Perdue Farms Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant, Perdue Foods LLC - Perry Complex.
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 n-Hexane, Cyclohexane; nearby reporters include Oldcastle Apg Mid-Atlantic. Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va stamps HEAVY 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 Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chesapeake, VA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311224 · Food. 95.1% of Chesapeake (city) TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Big Cajun 2 (Δ 197 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead n-Hexane. 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