Southwest Cheese LLC
1 facility · 1 state · 2.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Southwest Cheese LLC is the reported parent of 1 Form R facility across 1 state, disclosing 2.4M 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 Mexico (2.4M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for a single-state Southwest Cheese LLC footprint, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Southwest Cheese LLC: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+1844.9%
1 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+1844.9%
106.8 thousand lb → 2.1 million lb, every facility that filed
- Southwest Cheese LLC's total reported releases rose from 106.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southwest Cheese LLC's land releases rose from 94.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southwest Cheese LLC's chemicals reported rose from 4 in 2022 to 5 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Southwest Cheese LLC's air releases rose from 12.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Southwest Cheese LLC from filing to facility
Southwest Cheese LLC maps to a single Form R site (Southwest Cheese LLC) in New Mexico. Open that filing for the chemical mix; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Southwest Cheese LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Kinetik Holdings LP; Energy Transfer Partners LP; US Department of Defense; Cts Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Nitric acid; Benzoyl peroxide; Peracetic acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: New Mexico. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Southwest Cheese LLC ranks #409 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Southwest Cheese LLC's TRI Form R footprint is concentrated in a single state (New Mexico), so statewide context matters more than a multi-state portfolio read. This parent maps to a single reporting facility (Southwest Cheese LLC), so the company total and that site's Form R are the same disclosure.
Parent aggregation for Southwest Cheese LLC follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Kinetik Holdings LP; Energy Transfer Partners LP; US Department of Defense) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Southwest Cheese LLC sits among TRI parents
Southwest Cheese LLC sits on a disclosure ladder beside Kinetik Holdings LP and Energy Transfer Partners LP and US Department of Defense and Cts Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Kinetik Holdings LP · rank #407 · 31.3M lbs
- Energy Transfer Partners LP · rank #408 · 22.1M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #410 · 1.7M lbs
- Cts Corp · rank #411 · 1.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Southwest Cheese LLC
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Nitric acid; Benzoyl peroxide; Peracetic acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Southwest Cheese LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.2M lbs |
| Ammonia | 198.5K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 250 lbs |
| Benzoyl peroxide | 0 lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs |
Facilities (1)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Southwest Cheese LLC Clovis, NM | 2.4M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Southwest Cheese LLC on total disclosed release pounds (2.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (1). Release-volume peers include Sonoco Products Co, Transit Holdings Inc, Western Sugar Cooperative. 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.
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are New Mexico; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Southwest Cheese LLC's TRI parent record
From Southwest Cheese LLC, open Southwest Cheese LLC or compare against Kinetik Holdings LP rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Southwest Cheese LLC (Southwest Cheese LLC in NM). Largest facility
- Compare against Energy Transfer Partners LP, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Southwest Cheese LLC sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Kinetik Holdings LP, Energy Transfer Partners LP) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Southwest Cheese LLC'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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