EPA TRI Facility · Food
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC
Traverse City, MI
- Total releases
- 19.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2021
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC: how the 19.4K lbs splits
19.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 19.4K lbs 100.0%
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC's 19.4K 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: Ethylene glycol.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Traverse City, MI, in the food sector. It reported 7.0K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021, and 19.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2021 reporting years. That ranks 8,308 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. Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC is pounds #309 and chemical-count #645 at 19.4K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Grand Traverse Stamping; Cone Drive Operations Inc.; Century Sun Metal Treating; Kalkaska Gas Plant. Similar-scale Food peers outside Michigan: Green Bison Soy Processing LLC; Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln; Bcp Ingredients Inc; Pilgrim's Pride Carrollton Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ethylene glycol.
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 19.4K lbs (2019–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Green Bison Soy Processing LLC and Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln.
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
19K lbs Top 32% higher than 68% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC: Ethylene glycol-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC reports the 815th-largest volume (19.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Ethylene glycol alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Green Bison Soy Processing LLC and Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp-Lincoln.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Ethylene glycol at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 19.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2021, total releases increased by 1% (7.0K lbs to 7.0K lbs).
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2021
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
What this shows Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 1% from 2019 to 2021). 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: Ethylene glycol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7.0K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 5.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 7.0K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2021). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Ethylene glycol | 19.4K lbs | - |
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC · AIR-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC on cumulative reported pounds (19.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Lhoist North America Nativadad Plant, Dyno Nobel Inc, Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Lhoist North America Nativadad Plant Salinas, CA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 19.4K lbs reported
- Dyno Nobel Inc Simsbury, CT · Chemicals 19.4K lbs reported
- Oldcastle Infrastructure Inc. Madera, CA · Plastics and Rubber 19.4K lbs reported
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 19.4K lbs reported
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 Ethylene glycol; nearby reporters include Grand Traverse Stamping. Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC 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.
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This Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Traverse City, MI, latest year 2021. Form-R rows span 2019–2021 (3 years). NAICS 311813 · Food. 1.6% of Grand Traverse TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Lhoist North America Nativadad Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sara Lee Frozen Bakery LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Ethylene glycol. 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