Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S PRIDE ELLIJAY PROCESSING PLANT
125 IND US TRIAL BLVD, ELLIJAY, GA, 30540
Parent company: JBS USA FOOD CO
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 | Ammonia | Peracetic acid | Chlorine | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2024 | — | 5,267 | — | 5,267 | ||
| 2023 | — | 5,032 | — | 5,032 | ||
| 2022 | — | 3,964 | — | 3,964 | ||
| 2021 | — | 3,640 | — | 3,640 | ||
| 2007 | — | — | 134 | 134 | ||
| 2006 | — | — | 146 | 146 | ||
| 2005 | — | — | 338 | 338 | ||
| 2004 | — | — | 336 | 336 | ||
| 2003 | — | — | 336 | 336 | ||
| 2002 | — | — | 305 | 305 | ||
| 2001 | — | — | 165 | 165 | ||
| 2000 | 10,104 | — | 182 | 10,286 | ||
| 1999 | — | — | 260 | 260 | ||
| 1998 | 11,003 | — | 440 | 11,443 | ||
| 1996 | — | — | 104 | 104 | ||
| 1993 | 12,005 | — | — | 12,005 | ||
| 1992 | 10,000 | — | — | 10,000 | ||
| 1991 | 13,000 | — | — | 13,000 | ||
| 1989 | 500 | — | — | 500 | ||
| 1988 | 250 | — | — | 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.