EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hormel Foods Corp
Beloit, WI · Parent: Hormel Foods Corp
- Total releases
- 17.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hormel Foods Corp: how the 17.1K lbs splits
17.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 13.9K lbs 81.2%
- Off-site Transfers 3.2K lbs 18.8%
Hormel Foods Corp's 17.1K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 81.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 18.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Hormel Foods Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Beloit, WI, in the food sector. It reported 17.1K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 8,605 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Hormel Foods Corp is pounds #343 and chemical-count #364 at 17.1K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Frito-Lay Inc; Genencor International Wisconsin Inc.; Northstar Medical Radioisotopes LLC; Fairbanks Morse Defense. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: San Antonio Frito Lay; Monogram Snacks Martinsville LLC; The Pictsweet Co - Clarksville Ar Plant; Crimson Holdings LLC. Other Hormel Foods Corp sites in this extract: Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant; Dold Foods Inc; Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron; Papillion Foods LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Nitric acid; Chlorine.
Hormel Foods Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (81.2% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 17.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include San Antonio Frito Lay and Monogram Snacks Martinsville LLC.
Hormel Foods Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
17K lbs Top 33% higher than 67% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hormel Foods Corp: Ammonia-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hormel Foods Corp reports the 845th-largest volume (17.1K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ammonia alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include San Antonio Frito Lay and Monogram Snacks Martinsville LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Hormel Foods Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Ammonia at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hormel Foods Corp's total reported releases fell from 17.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hormel Foods Corp's air releases fell from 13.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hormel Foods Corp's off-site transfers fell from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hormel Foods Corp's chemicals reported fell from 3 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hormel Foods Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hormel Foods Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 17.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Hormel Foods Corp: 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 Hormel Foods Corp 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: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 17.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 17.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
Hormel Foods Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hormel Foods Corp
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Frito-Lay Inc, Genencor International Wisconsin Inc., Northstar Medical Radioisotopes LLC, ordered by distance.
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. San Antonio Frito Lay, Monogram Snacks Martinsville LLC, The Pictsweet Co - Clarksville Ar Plant.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hormel Foods Corp on cumulative reported pounds (17.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Bp Products Na Inc Dubuque Terminal, Hudson Technologies Co, Air Liquide la Porte Smr. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Hormel Foods Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hormel Foods Corp-Austin Plant, Dold Foods Inc, Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron.
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 Ammonia, Nitric acid, Chlorine; nearby reporters include Frito-Lay Inc. Hormel Foods Corp 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 Hormel Foods Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hormel Foods Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Beloit, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311612 · Food. 1.3% of Rock TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bp Products Na Inc Dubuque Terminal (Δ 8 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hormel Foods Corp stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. 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