Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S PRIDE SUMTER PROCESSING PLANT
2050 HWY 15 S, SUMTER, SC, 29150
Parent company: JBS USA FOOD CO
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) | Ammonia | Dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12) | Peracetic acid | Phosphoric acid | Total (lbs) |
| 2024 | 320,728 | 7,235 | — | 9,801 | — | 339,932 |
| 2023 | 335,976 | 11,840 | — | 5,498 | — | 355,490 |
| 2022 | 347,965 | 23,680 | — | 6,030 | — | 381,242 |
| 2021 | 240,574 | 37,935 | — | 5,398 | — | 289,173 |
| 2020 | 203,943 | 10,152 | — | 1,546 | — | 219,702 |
| 2019 | 176,591 | 29,185 | — | 706 | — | 210,098 |
| 2018 | 161,507 | 29,031 | — | 741 | — | 195,438 |
| 2017 | 245,167 | 46,461 | — | — | — | 294,904 |
| 2016 | 211,900 | 33,770 | — | — | — | 247,310 |
| 2015 | 303,278 | 73,684 | — | — | — | 377,469 |
| 2014 | 117,057 | 68,252 | — | — | — | 185,924 |
| 2013 | 83,612 | 42,903 | — | — | — | 128,099 |
| 2012 | 163,158 | 133,858 | — | — | — | 298,927 |
| 2011 | 651,781 | 133,789 | — | — | — | 786,217 |
| 2010 | 152,500 | 52,354 | — | — | — | 205,120 |
| 2009 | 286,169 | 49,789 | — | — | — | 336,113 |
| 2008 | 159,551 | 61,374 | — | — | — | 220,949 |
| 2007 | 369,824 | 47,794 | — | — | — | 417,820 |
| 2006 | 593,658 | 53,163 | — | — | — | 646,854 |
| 2005 | 381,072 | 72,524 | — | — | — | 453,821 |
| 2004 | 467,445 | 50,617 | — | — | — | 518,517 |
| 2003 | 224,900 | 49,070 | — | — | — | 274,574 |
| 2002 | 151,506 | 20,028 | — | — | — | 171,796 |
| 2001 | 96,903 | 3,707 | — | — | — | 100,890 |
| 2000 | 123,900 | 82,265 | — | — | — | 206,694 |
| 1999 | 303,800 | 53,630 | — | — | — | 357,430 |
| 1998 | 143,000 | 68,964 | — | — | — | 211,964 |
| 1997 | 122,400 | 72,043 | — | — | — | 194,443 |
| 1996 | 149,000 | 67,642 | — | — | — | 216,802 |
| 1995 | 208,000 | 67,436 | — | — | — | 275,686 |
| 1994 | — | 45,248 | — | — | 21,000 | 66,498 |
| 1993 | — | 26,522 | — | — | — | 26,772 |
| 1992 | — | 87,001 | — | — | — | 87,251 |
| 1991 | — | 60,867 | 141,600 | — | — | 202,967 |
| 1990 | — | 41,320 | — | — | — | 42,570 |
| 1989 | — | 51,940 | — | — | — | 53,190 |
| 1988 | — | 38,000 | — | — | — | 39,250 |
▎ 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.