Total reported releases 122k lb rose sharply year over year (+48%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2016.
4114 HWY 67 SOUTH, Pocahontas, Arkansas · 311615 · Food · operated by Peco Foods INC
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at Peco Foods INC - Pocahontas Processing rose from 62k lb to 104k lb between 2023 and 2024.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2016.
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have more than doubled since 2016.
Ammonia concentrations have more than doubled since 2017.
Peracetic acid concentrations are up 22% since 2016.
Nitric acid concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2023.
Within 3 miles of this facility (3 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 2,075. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.