Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
TYSON FARMS INC.
501 SHEFFIELD RD, HARMONY, NC, 28634
Parent company: TYSON FOODS INC
Carcinogen
PBT
— EPA classifications across all reporting years
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) | Lead compounds | Ammonia | Chlorine | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 130,000 | — | — | — | — | 130,000 |
| 2023 | 108,356 | — | — | — | — | 108,356 |
| 2022 | 68,654 | — | — | — | — | 68,654 |
| 2021 | 103,967 | — | — | — | — | 103,967 |
| 2020 | 127,498 | — | — | — | — | 127,498 |
| 2019 | 92,000 | — | — | — | — | 92,000 |
| 2018 | 53,438 | — | — | — | — | 53,438 |
| 2017 | 90,541 | — | — | — | — | 90,541 |
| 2016 | 172,550 | — | 3,823 | — | — | 176,373 |
| 2015 | 166,920 | — | 274 | — | — | 167,194 |
| 2014 | 151,310 | — | — | — | — | 151,310 |
| 2013 | 166,263 | — | — | — | — | 166,263 |
| 2012 | 138,235 | 458 | — | — | — | 138,693 |
| 2011 | 164,407 | 508 | — | — | — | 164,915 |
| 2010 | 144,730 | 536 | — | — | — | 145,266 |
| 2009 | 495,492 | 531 | — | — | — | 496,023 |
| 2008 | 586,514 | 556 | — | — | — | 587,070 |
| 2007 | 526,289 | 601 | — | — | — | 526,890 |
| 2006 | 72,357 | 630 | — | — | — | 72,987 |
| 2005 | 454,800 | 604 | — | — | — | 455,404 |
| 2004 | 646,982 | 311 | — | — | 164 | 647,457 |
| 2003 | 430,528 | 514 | — | — | — | 431,042 |
| 2002 | — | 711 | — | — | — | 711 |
| 1990 | — | — | — | 255 | — | 255 |
▎ 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.