Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
SMITHFIELD FRESH MEATS CORP - TAR HEEL
15855 HWY 87 WEST, TAR HEEL, NC, 28392
Parent company: UNITED GLOBAL FOODS US HOLDINGS INC
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Ammonia | Hydrogen sulfide | Chlorine | Methanol | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 3,636,354 | 67,626 | 4,803 | — | — | 3,708,783 |
| 2023 | 3,567,825 | 53,628 | 2,901 | — | — | 3,624,364 |
| 2022 | 3,090,624 | 25,892 | 3,380 | — | — | 3,119,906 |
| 2021 | 4,002,689 | 52,891 | 3,450 | — | — | 4,059,040 |
| 2020 | 4,765,781 | 37,236 | 3,418 | — | — | 4,806,445 |
| 2019 | 3,205,672 | 20,987 | 3,487 | — | — | 3,230,156 |
| 2018 | 2,804,864 | 115,343 | 30,709 | — | 367 | 2,951,293 |
| 2017 | 2,645,034 | 125,604 | 36,523 | — | 387 | 2,807,558 |
| 2016 | 2,793,520 | 31,781 | 49,498 | — | 672 | 2,875,481 |
| 2015 | 3,903,540 | 139,838 | 81,656 | — | 951 | 4,125,996 |
| 2014 | 3,668,587 | 54,479 | 4,290 | — | 865 | 3,728,226 |
| 2013 | 1,839,656 | 47,502 | 52,503 | — | 882 | 1,941,755 |
| 2012 | 2,339,610 | 28,482 | 4,357 | — | 882 | 2,374,976 |
| 2011 | 2,488,091 | 49,183 | — | — | 956 | 2,539,726 |
| 2010 | 2,743,402 | 28,380 | — | — | 213 | 2,771,995 |
| 2009 | 3,750,276 | 38,752 | — | — | 308 | 3,789,336 |
| 2008 | 3,986,548 | 50,082 | — | 720 | — | 4,037,350 |
| 2007 | 4,927,927 | 44,496 | — | 540 | — | 4,972,963 |
| 2006 | 4,591,801 | 15,069 | — | 13 | — | 4,606,883 |
| 2005 | 3,999,006 | 25,190 | — | 7 | — | 4,024,203 |
| 2004 | 4,471,913 | 25,218 | — | 675 | — | 4,497,806 |
| 2003 | 4,542,273 | 25,672 | — | 854 | — | 4,568,799 |
| 2002 | 5,448,509 | 21,805 | — | 1,189 | — | 5,471,503 |
| 2001 | 6,288,692 | 30,319 | — | 1,112 | — | 6,320,123 |
| 2000 | 5,129,666 | 30,410 | — | 2,384 | — | 5,162,460 |
| 1999 | 5,161,604 | 20,849 | — | 1,805 | — | 5,184,258 |
| 1998 | 4,116,033 | 10,562 | — | — | — | 4,126,595 |
| 1997 | 3,682,714 | 9,642 | — | — | — | 3,692,356 |
| 1996 | 3,412,000 | 9,210 | — | — | — | 3,421,210 |
| 1995 | 3,669,000 | — | — | — | — | 3,669,000 |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.