EPA TRI Facility · Food
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.
Lena, IL · Parent: Zausner Foods Corp
- Total releases
- 112.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.: how the 112.5K lbs splits
112.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 111.6K lbs 99.2%
- Air Releases 915 lbs 0.8%
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.'s 112.5K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lena, IL, in the food sector. It reported 1.3K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 112.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,350 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. Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. is pounds #174 and chemical-count #297 at 112.5K 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: Brewster - Stockton Plant; Adkins Energy LLC; Titan Tire Corp of Freeport; Danfoss Power Solutions (us) Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Illinois: Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant; Ingredion Inc Indianapolis Plant; Darling Ingredients Inc Linville Facility; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Peracetic acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia.
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.2% land disposal) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 112.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant and Ingredion Inc Indianapolis Plant.
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
112K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. reports the 476th-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 92.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant and Ingredion Inc Indianapolis Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 92.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.'s land releases rose from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 112.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 96% (33.3K lbs to 1.3K lbs).
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.: 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 Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 96% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 33.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 37.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 39.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 1.3K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 104.1K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 4.9K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 2.6K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 840 lbs | - |
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. · LAND-pathway site
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant, Ingredion Inc Indianapolis Plant, Darling Ingredients Inc Linville Facility.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (112.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Phibro-Tech Inc., Memphis Cellulose LLC, Tricon Wear Solutions Llc.. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
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 Nitric acid, Peracetic acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia; nearby reporters include Brewster - Stockton Plant. Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. 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 Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. TRI extract (MID · LAND · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lena, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 15.8% of Stephenson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phibro-Tech Inc. (Δ 33 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Kolb Lena Cheese Inc. stamps MID volume · LAND pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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