Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
EMPIRICAL FOODS (SSC)
6001 DAKOTA AVE., SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE, 68776
Parent company: EMPIRICAL 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 | Ammonia | Nitric acid | Peracetic acid | Total (lbs) | ||
| 2024 | 5,564 | 5 | 5 | 5,574 | ||
| 2023 | 9,560 | 5 | 5 | 9,570 | ||
| 2022 | 8,563 | 10 | 10 | 8,583 | ||
| 2021 | 7,600 | 10 | — | 7,610 | ||
| 2020 | 4,104 | 10 | — | 4,114 | ||
| 2019 | 3,766 | 10 | — | 3,776 | ||
| 2018 | 2,873 | 5 | — | 2,878 | ||
| 2017 | 3,750 | 5 | — | 3,755 | ||
| 2016 | 3,350 | 5 | — | 3,355 | ||
| 2015 | 6,350 | 5 | — | 6,355 | ||
| 2014 | 6,950 | 5 | — | 6,955 | ||
| 2013 | 5,400 | — | — | 5,400 | ||
| 2012 | 4,250 | — | — | 4,250 | ||
| 2011 | 13,553 | — | — | 13,553 | ||
| 2010 | 20,293 | — | — | 20,293 | ||
| 2009 | 28,322 | — | — | 28,322 | ||
| 2008 | 28,242 | — | — | 28,242 | ||
| 2007 | 7,137 | 5 | — | 7,142 | ||
| 2006 | 7,713 | — | — | 7,713 | ||
| 2005 | 23,570 | — | — | 23,570 | ||
| 2004 | 10,043 | — | — | 10,043 | ||
| 2003 | 34,099 | — | — | 34,099 | ||
| 2002 | 11,000 | 10 | — | 11,010 | ||
| 2001 | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||
| 2000 | 2,050 | — | — | 2,050 | ||
| 1999 | 1,898 | — | — | 1,898 | ||
| 1998 | 10 | — | — | 10 | ||
▎ 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.