Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
PILGRIM'S COLD SPRINGS PROCESSING PLANT
851 SAUK RIVER RD, COLD SPRING, MN, 56320
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 | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Ammonia | Peracetic acid | Chlorine | Total (lbs) | |
| 2024 | 89,615 | 6,691 | 4,764 | — | 101,070 | |
| 2023 | 15,422 | 1,310 | 4,119 | — | 20,851 | |
| 2022 | 23,562 | 5,128 | 4,821 | — | 33,511 | |
| 2021 | 20,934 | 6,186 | 3,532 | — | 30,652 | |
| 2020 | 18,509 | 138 | — | — | 18,647 | |
| 2019 | 35,830 | 2,567 | — | — | 38,397 | |
| 2018 | 61,953 | 2,247 | — | — | 64,200 | |
| 2017 | 31,092 | 2,451 | — | — | 33,543 | |
| 2016 | 25,438 | 3,692 | — | — | 29,130 | |
| 2015 | 27,349 | 7,464 | — | — | 34,813 | |
| 2014 | 137,904 | 5,807 | — | — | 143,711 | |
| 2013 | 33,598 | 3,825 | — | — | 37,423 | |
| 2012 | 32,173 | 3,555 | — | — | 35,728 | |
| 2011 | 42,834 | 6,187 | — | — | 49,021 | |
| 1998 | — | 273 | — | — | 273 | |
| 1996 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | 28,760 | — | — | 28,760 | |
▎ 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.