Facility detail

PILGRIMS PRIDE RUSSELLVILLE PROCESSING PLANT

2045 COUNTY ROAD 244, RUSSELLVILLE, AL, 35654

Parent company: JBS USA FOOD CO

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

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 Peracetic acid Chlorine Total (lbs)
2024 19,450 28,310 1,664 — 49,424
2023 15,555 29,540 1,182 — 46,277
2022 21,460 17,071 2,900 — 41,431
2021 7,910 11,910 5,130 — 24,950
2020 9,775 29,590 — — 39,365
2019 17,462 24,765 — — 42,227
2018 23,350 21,200 — — 44,550
2017 9,020 37,102 — — 46,122
2016 20,850 31,155 — — 52,005
2015 174,601 — — — 174,601
2014 91,602 — — — 91,602
2013 16,202 20,914 — — 37,116
2012 2,280 30,399 — — 32,679
2011 13,097 18,891 — — 31,988
2010 40,650 23,827 — — 64,477
2009 16,057 24,690 — — 40,747
2008 18,699 19,850 — — 38,549
2007 20,531 16,569 — 383 37,483
2006 22,320 20,949 — 270 43,539
2005 14,986 18,377 — 162 33,525
2004 27,548 17,787 — 207 45,542
2003 121,480 8,231 — 170 129,881
2002 82,080 13,044 — 190 95,314
2001 54,480 13,411 — — 67,891
2000 16,500 10,336 — 130 26,966
1999 99,685 8,270 — 130 108,085
1998 29,010 19,512 — 206 48,728
1997 25,100 100,526 — — 125,626
1996 3,270 — — 440 3,710
1995 2,885 15,004 — 250 18,139
1994 — — — 250 250
1993 — — — 250 250
1992 — 72,400 — 250 72,650
1991 — 26,900 — — 26,900

▎ 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.