EPA TRI Facility · Food
Le Sueur Cheese Co
Le Sueur, MN · Parent: Agropur Inc
- Total releases
- 1 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Le Sueur Cheese Co: how the 1 lbs splits
1 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1 lbs 100.0%
Le Sueur Cheese Co's 1 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: Nitric acid.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Le Sueur Cheese Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Le Sueur, MN, in the food sector. It reported 1 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 19,780 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. Le Sueur Cheese Co is pounds #439 and chemical-count #313 at 1 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: Le Sueur Inc; Bimeda Inc; Cambria Plant; Fiberglas Fabricators Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Minnesota: Readington Farms Inc; Rosina Food Products Inc.; Agropur Inc.; Agropur Inc.. Other Agropur Inc sites in this extract: Agropur; Agropur Inc.; Agropur Inc.; Agropur Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Le Sueur Cheese Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Readington Farms Inc and Rosina Food Products Inc..
Le Sueur Cheese Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1 lbs 24th percentile higher than 24% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more reporting TRI facilities. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Le Sueur Cheese Co in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Le Sueur Cheese Co reports the 1,346th-largest volume (1 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Readington Farms Inc and Rosina Food Products Inc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Le Sueur Cheese Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Le Sueur Cheese Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (1 lbs to 0 lbs).
Le Sueur Cheese Co: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Le Sueur Cheese Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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 | 1 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 1 lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Le Sueur Cheese Co · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Food Facilities
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Other Agropur Inc Facilities
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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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Le Sueur Inc. Le Sueur Cheese Co stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Le Sueur Cheese Co TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Le Sueur Cheese Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Le Sueur, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 0.0% of Le Sueur TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Aca Soutel Hma Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Le Sueur Cheese Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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