EPA TRI Facility · Food
Hilmar Cheese Co
Hilmar, CA · Parent: Hilmar Cheese Co
- Total releases
- 49.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Hilmar Cheese Co: how the 49.4K lbs splits
49.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 49.4K lbs 100.0%
Hilmar Cheese Co's 49.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Ammonia.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Hilmar Cheese Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hilmar, CA, in the food sector. It reported 19.5K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 49.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 6,149 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Hilmar Cheese Co is pounds #211 and chemical-count #169 at 49.4K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: E & J Gallo Winery; Foster Turkey Prods Plant 2; Foster Turkey Products FTP-1; Super Store Industries Turlock Dairy Div. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Mayfield Ice Cream of Bi; Tipp City Purple Cow Creamery; Kroger Corp Smiths Food & Drug Dairy Div; Schreiber Foods Inc. Other Hilmar Cheese Co sites in this extract: Hilmar Cheese Co Dalhart. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitric acid; Peracetic acid.
Compare Hilmar Cheese Co with
Nearest reporters in California
- E & J Gallo Winery Livingston · 40.6K lbs
- Foster Turkey Prods Plant 2 Turlock · 1.9K lbs
- Foster Turkey Products FTP-1 Turlock · 25.0K lbs
- Super Store Industries Turlock Dairy Div Turlock · 41.6K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Mayfield Ice Cream of Bi (AL) · Tipp City Purple Cow Creamery (OH) · Kroger Corp Smiths Food & Drug Dairy Div (UT)
Hilmar Cheese Co stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 49.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Mayfield Ice Cream of Bi and Tipp City Purple Cow Creamery.
Hilmar Cheese Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
49K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hilmar Cheese Co in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Hilmar Cheese Co reports the 631st-largest volume (49.4K lbs). Scale peers outside California include Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Mayfield Ice Cream of Bi and Tipp City Purple Cow Creamery.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hilmar Cheese Co's total reported releases rose from 2.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hilmar Cheese Co's air releases rose from 2.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hilmar Cheese Co's chemicals reported rose from 5 in 2022 to 6 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hilmar Cheese Co Form-R facts
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See how Hilmar Cheese Co stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
22% more than the comparison
6.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Hilmar Cheese Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 49.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 315% (4.7K lbs to 19.5K lbs).
Hilmar Cheese Co: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hilmar Cheese Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 315% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Ammonia.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4.7K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 6.5K lbs | 5 |
| 2021 | 16.4K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 2.3K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 19.5K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ammonia | 29.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 14.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 5.0K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 40 lbs | - |
| Chlorine dioxide | 30 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Hilmar Cheese Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hilmar Cheese Co
Closest other reporters in California - including E & J Gallo Winery, Foster Turkey Prods Plant 2, Foster Turkey Products FTP-1, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,148 other reporting facilities in California.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside California - e.g. Dfa Dairy Brands Ice Cream LLC DBA Mayfield Ice Cream of Bi, Tipp City Purple Cow Creamery, Kroger Corp Smiths Food & Drug Dairy Div.
Compare beyond California
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Hilmar Cheese Co on cumulative reported pounds (49.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Freeport Lng Liquefaction Facility, Delaware Basin Gas Plant. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Norfolk, VA · Transportation Equipment 49.4K lbs reported
- Freeport Lng Liquefaction Facility Freeport, TX · Natural Gas Processing 49.4K lbs reported
- Delaware Basin Gas Plant Coyanosa, TX · Natural Gas Processing 49.4K lbs reported
- Qg Printing II LLC Nashville, TN · Printing 49.4K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Hilmar Cheese Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hilmar Cheese Co Dalhart.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Ammonia, Hydrogen sulfide, Nitric acid, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include E & J Gallo Winery. Hilmar Cheese Co stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Hilmar Cheese Co TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ammonia) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hilmar Cheese Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hilmar, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 3.2% of Merced TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair (Δ 9 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hilmar Cheese Co stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ammonia. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov