Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
4 facilities · 2 states · 456.4K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 456.4K lbs of toxic releases. 5 chemicals are reported; none carry a carcinogen classification in this extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is New York (273.7K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds across Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's multi-state Form R set, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-30.6%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-30.6%
107.3 thousand lb → 74.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's total reported releases fell from 107.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 74.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's off-site transfers fell from 58.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's land releases rose from 5.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's water releases fell from 42.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 34.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Empire Cheese; Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse; Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc.; Great Lakes Cheese - Franklinville. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC; Finch Paper Holdings. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: New York; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Empire Cheese; Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse; Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc.; Great Lakes Cheese - Franklinville. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC; Finch Paper Holdings. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: New York; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc ranks #931 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 4 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC; Finch Paper Holdings) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc sits among TRI parents
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC and Finch Paper Holdings. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC · rank #929 · 6.8M lbs
- Finch Paper Holdings · rank #930 · 4.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Empire Cheese. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 279.6K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 182.8K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 3 | 273.7K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 182.8K lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Empire Cheese Cuba, NY | 190.7K lbs |
| Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse La Crosse, WI | 182.8K lbs |
| Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc. Adams, NY | 83.0K lbs |
| Great Lakes Cheese - Franklinville Franklinville, NY | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc on total disclosed release pounds (456.4K lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Thyssenkrupp N.a. LLC, Idaho Forest Group LLC, Oshkosh Corp. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are New York, Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's TRI parent record
From Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc, open Empire Cheese or compare against Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc (Empire Cheese in NY). Largest facility
- Compare against Finch Paper Holdings, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC, Finch Paper Holdings) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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