EPA TRI Facility · Food
Berner Cheese Corp
Dakota, IL · Parent: Berner Food & Beverage Inc
- Total releases
- 213.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Berner Cheese Corp: how the 213.0K lbs splits
213.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 208.4K lbs 97.8%
- Air Releases 4.4K lbs 2.1%
- Off-site Transfers 243 lbs 0.1%
Berner Cheese Corp's 213.0K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 97.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Berner Cheese Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dakota, IL, in the food sector. It reported 42.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 213.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,145 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Berner Cheese Corp is pounds #124 and chemical-count #507 at 213.0K lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Danfoss Power Solutions (us) Co; Titan Tire Corp of Freeport; Honeywell International Inc-Plant 1; Modern Plating Corp. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Agri-Mark Inc; Lamb Weston Inc; Whitewave Foods Dallas; Michigan Milk Producers Assoc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Berner Cheese Corp stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (97.8% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 213.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Agri-Mark Inc and Lamb Weston Inc.
Berner Cheese Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
213K lbs Top 12% higher than 88% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Berner Cheese Corp inside Stephenson's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Berner Cheese Corp reports the 357th-largest volume, placing it in the top 18% of its sector. This one site accounts for 29.9% of every pound reported in Stephenson. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Agri-Mark Inc and Lamb Weston Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Stephenson's reported pounds (713.3K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Berner Cheese Corp's total reported releases rose from 40.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 42.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berner Cheese Corp's air releases rose from 148 lb in 2022 to 4.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Berner Cheese Corp's land releases fell from 40.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 38.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Berner Cheese Corp Form-R facts
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33% less 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 Berner Cheese Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 213.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 8% (39.7K lbs to 42.9K lbs).
Berner Cheese Corp: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Berner Cheese Corp year-over-year reported totals (increased by 8% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 44.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 44.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 40.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 42.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 212.6K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 391 lbs | - |
Berner Cheese Corp · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Berner Cheese Corp
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Danfoss Power Solutions (us) Co, Titan Tire Corp of Freeport, Honeywell International Inc-Plant 1, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Agri-Mark Inc, Lamb Weston Inc, Whitewave Foods Dallas.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Berner Cheese Corp on cumulative reported pounds (213.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Wayne-Dalton Corp, Opal Gas Plant, Stryten Salina LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Danfoss Power Solutions (us) Co. Berner Cheese Corp stamps MID volume · LAND 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 Berner Cheese Corp TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Berner Cheese Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dakota, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 29.9% of Stephenson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Wayne-Dalton Corp (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Berner Cheese Corp stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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