EPA TRI Facility · Food
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC
Coopersville, MI · Parent: Select Milk Producers Inc
- Total releases
- 431.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC: how the 431.9K lbs splits
431.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 431.9K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 41 lbs <0.1%
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC's 431.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Coopersville, MI, in the food sector. It reported 75.8K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 431.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,128 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Continental Dairy Facilities LLC is pounds #72 and chemical-count #326 at 431.9K lbs. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Leprino Foods Co; Metal Technologies Inc. Ravenna Ductile Iron; Hb Fuller Co; The Hillshire Brands Co. Similar-scale Food peers outside Michigan: Foremost Farms USA; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Pasco; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Allen Harim Foods LLC - Harbeson. Other Select Milk Producers Inc sites in this extract: Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Peracetic acid.
Compare Continental Dairy Facilities LLC with
Nearest reporters in Michigan
- Leprino Foods Co Allendale · 1.3K lbs
- Metal Technologies Inc. Ravenna Ductile Iron Ravenna · 14.3K lbs
- Hb Fuller Co Grand Rapids · 57.8K lbs
- The Hillshire Brands Co Zeeland · 399.2K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Foremost Farms USA (WI) · Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Pasco (WA) · Saputo Cheese USA Inc (WI)
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 431.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Foremost Farms USA and Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Pasco.
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
432K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Continental Dairy Facilities LLC reports the 254th-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.8% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Foremost Farms USA and Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Pasco.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Continental Dairy Facilities LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Continental Dairy Facilities LLC's total reported releases rose from 70.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 75.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Continental Dairy Facilities LLC's off-site transfers rose from 70.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 75.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Continental Dairy Facilities LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 431.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 28% (105.3K lbs to 75.8K lbs).
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Continental Dairy Facilities LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 28% 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 | 105.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 106.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 74.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 70.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 75.8K lbs | 3 |
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) | 431.9K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 41 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Continental Dairy Facilities LLC on cumulative reported pounds (431.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Foremost Farms USA, Boeing Co of Portland, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc Pasco. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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).
Other Select Milk Producers Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest LLC.
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, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Leprino Foods Co. Continental Dairy Facilities LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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.
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This Continental Dairy Facilities LLC TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · 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.
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Coopersville, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 2.8% of Ottawa TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Foremost Farms USA (Δ 27 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Continental Dairy Facilities LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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