Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
JOHN MORRELL GREAT BEND
30 SE 10 RD, GREAT BEND, KS, 67530
Parent company: THE SMITHFIELD FOODS INC
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 | Chlorine | Sodium nitrite | Total (lbs) | |
| 2009 | 22,076 | 3,991 | 18 | 2 | 26,087 | |
| 2008 | 37,846 | 7,847 | 30 | 2 | 45,725 | |
| 2007 | 44,487 | 7,073 | 33 | 2 | 51,595 | |
| 2006 | 72,832 | 7,067 | 36 | 2 | 79,937 | |
| 2005 | 62,872 | 7,597 | — | — | 70,469 | |
| 2004 | 48,528 | — | — | — | 48,528 | |
| 2003 | 42,629 | 10,623 | — | — | 53,252 | |
| 2002 | 28,860 | — | — | — | 28,860 | |
| 2001 | 29,508 | 7,814 | — | — | 37,322 | |
| 2000 | 31,166 | 9,743 | — | — | 40,909 | |
| 1999 | 35,892 | 26,983 | — | — | 62,875 | |
| 1998 | 60,235 | 11,443 | — | — | 71,678 | |
| 1997 | 157,000 | 10,364 | — | — | 167,364 | |
| 1996 | — | 7,348 | — | — | 7,348 | |
| 1995 | — | 7,019 | — | — | 7,019 | |
| 1994 | — | 5,581 | — | — | 5,581 | |
| 1993 | — | 7,955 | — | — | 7,955 | |
| 1992 | — | 6,500 | — | — | 6,500 | |
| 1991 | — | 8,000 | — | — | 8,000 | |
| 1990 | — | 6,711 | — | — | 6,711 | |
| 1989 | — | 4,910 | — | — | 4,910 | |
| 1988 | — | 4,400 | — | — | 4,400 | |
| 1987 | — | 5,200 | — | — | 5,200 | |
▎ 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.