EPA TRI Facility · Food
Brakebush Brothers Inc
Westfield, WI
- Total releases
- 633.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Brakebush Brothers Inc: how the 633.5K lbs splits
633.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 520.6K lbs 82.2%
- Air Releases 112.9K lbs 17.8%
- Water Discharges 10 lbs <0.1%
Brakebush Brothers Inc's 633.5K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 82.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 17.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Brakebush Brothers Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Westfield, WI, in the food sector. It reported 94.3K lbs of releases across 5 chemicals in 2023, and 633.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,689 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Brakebush Brothers Inc is pounds #41 and chemical-count #167 at 633.5K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Fci Oxford; Energizer Manufacturing - Portage Plant; Fxi Inc. - Portage; Cardinal Fg. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Darling Ingredients Inc.; Treehouse Foods; Daisy Brand; Peco Foods Inc - Sebastopol Processing. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Certain glycol ethers; Ammonia; Nitric acid.
Brakebush Brothers Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (82.2% land disposal) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 633.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Darling Ingredients Inc. and Treehouse Foods.
Brakebush Brothers Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
633K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Brakebush Brothers Inc inside Marquette's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Brakebush Brothers Inc reports the 208th-largest volume, placing it in the top 10.5% of its sector. This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Marquette. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 61.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Darling Ingredients Inc. and Treehouse Foods.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Marquette's reported pounds (633.5K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Brakebush Brothers Inc's total reported releases fell from 141.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 94.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brakebush Brothers Inc's water releases rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 10 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brakebush Brothers Inc's land releases fell from 87.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Brakebush Brothers Inc's air releases fell from 53.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 40.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Brakebush Brothers Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Brakebush Brothers Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 633.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (119.8K lbs to 94.3K lbs).
Brakebush Brothers 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 Brakebush Brothers Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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 | 119.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 133.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 145.1K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 141.0K lbs | 5 |
| 2023 | 94.3K lbs | 5 |
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) | 388.1K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 202.1K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 43.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 25 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 0 lbs | - |
Brakebush Brothers Inc · LAND-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Fci Oxford, Energizer Manufacturing - Portage Plant, Fxi Inc. - Portage, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Darling Ingredients Inc., Treehouse Foods, Daisy Brand.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Brakebush Brothers Inc on cumulative reported pounds (633.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Gateway Energy & Coke Co, 3M Chemical Operations' Cordova Facility, Mount Carmel Cogen Facility. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico 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.
- Gateway Energy & Coke Co Granite City, IL · Petroleum 634.0K lbs reported
- 3M Chemical Operations' Cordova Facility Cordova, IL · Chemicals 634.2K lbs reported
- Mount Carmel Cogen Facility Marion Heights, PA · Electric Utilities 632.6K lbs reported
- Crown Cork & Seal Co (usa) Inc Crown Closure Div Weirton, WV · Fabricated Metals 632.6K 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Certain glycol ethers, Ammonia, Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Fci Oxford. Brakebush Brothers 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 Brakebush Brothers Inc TRI extract (MID · LAND · 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.
Brakebush Brothers Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Westfield, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311615 · Food. 100% of Marquette TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gateway Energy & Coke Co (Δ 467 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Brakebush Brothers Inc stamps MID volume · LAND 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