EPA TRI Facility · Food
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant
Kelso, WA · Parent: Foster Poultry Farms
- Total releases
- 4.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant: how the 4.1K lbs splits
4.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 4.0K lbs 98.6%
- Off-site Transfers 57 lbs 1.4%
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant's 4.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 98.6% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Peracetic acid.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kelso, WA, in the food sector. It reported 1.4K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 4.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 11,553 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant is pounds #183 and chemical-count #257 at 4.1K lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Kelso Rm; Glacier Northwest Inc Longview Ready-Mix Plant; Interfor Longview Div; Westrock Longview LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Washington: Perrigo Nutritionals; Ralphs Grocery Co-Riverside Distribution; The Pictsweet Co - Bridgeville de Plant; Dsm Food Specialties USA Inc.. Other Foster Poultry Farms sites in this extract: Foster Farms Farmerville Plant; Foster Farms Livingston Complex; Fresno Cherry Avenue; Foster Turkey Products FTP-1. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Peracetic acid.
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (98.6% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Perrigo Nutritionals and Ralphs Grocery Co-Riverside Distribution.
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.1K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant: Peracetic acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant reports the 1,050th-largest volume (4.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Peracetic acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Perrigo Nutritionals and Ralphs Grocery Co-Riverside Distribution.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Peracetic acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant's total reported releases rose from 1.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant's off-site transfers fell from 57 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant's air releases rose from 994 lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso 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 Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 780 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 873 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 1.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 1.4K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Peracetic acid | 4.1K lbs | - |
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Kelso Rm, Glacier Northwest Inc Longview Ready-Mix Plant, Interfor Longview Div, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 310 other reporting facilities in Washington.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Perrigo Nutritionals, Ralphs Grocery Co-Riverside Distribution, The Pictsweet Co - Bridgeville de Plant.
Compare beyond Washington
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant on cumulative reported pounds (4.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Trane Tyler, Glacier Northwest Inc Clackamas Ready Mix, Moriroku Technology N.a. - A. 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.
- Trane Tyler Tyler, TX · Machinery 4.1K lbs reported
- Glacier Northwest Inc Clackamas Ready Mix Clackamas, OR · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 4.1K lbs reported
- Moriroku Technology N.a. - A Anderson, IN · Transportation Equipment 4.1K lbs reported
- Oakdale Osb Plant Oakdale, LA · Wood Products 4.1K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Foster Poultry Farms Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Foster Farms Farmerville Plant, Foster Farms Livingston Complex, Fresno Cherry Avenue.
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 Kelso Rm. Foster Poultry Farms Kelso 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.
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This Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Peracetic acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kelso, WA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 0.0% of Cowlitz TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Trane Tyler (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Foster Poultry Farms Kelso 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