EPA TRI Facility · Food
Bongards' Creameries
Norwood, MN
- Total releases
- 535 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
MIXED Form-R mix
Bongards' Creameries: how the 535 lbs splits
535 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 331 lbs 61.9%
- Air Releases 204 lbs 38.1%
Bongards' Creameries's 535 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - water discharges is 61.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 38.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CLEAN
Bongards' Creameries is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Norwood, MN, in the food sector. It reported 67 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 535 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,699 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Bongards' Creameries is pounds #305 and chemical-count #287 at 535 lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Manus Products Inc.; Acpi Wood Products LLC; Rec - Belle Plaine; Plato Woodwork Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro; Danisco USA Inc; Perdue Foods LLC - Petaluma Poultry Processing Plant; Benton Feed Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Bongards' Creameries is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Norwood, MN: 535 lbs across 2 chemicals. No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment water discharges at 61.9%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro and Danisco USA Inc.
Bongards' Creameries vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
535 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Bongards' Creameries in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Bongards' Creameries reports the 1,207th-largest volume (535 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro and Danisco USA Inc.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Bongards' Creameries Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Bongards' Creameries releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 535 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 66% (196 lbs to 67 lbs).
Bongards' Creameries: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Bongards' Creameries year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 66% 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 | 196 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 94 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 103 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 75 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 67 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) | 331 lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 204 lbs | - |
Bongards' Creameries in Carver
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Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Manus Products Inc., Acpi Wood Products LLC, Rec - Belle Plaine, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro, Danisco USA Inc, Perdue Foods LLC - Petaluma Poultry Processing Plant.
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 Manus Products Inc.. Bongards' Creameries stamps TRACE volume · MIXED 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 Bongards' Creameries TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · 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.
Bongards' Creameries totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Norwood, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 0.1% of Carver TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Allen Harim Foods LLC - Millsboro (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Bongards' Creameries stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (water discharges leads at 61.9%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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