EPA TRI Facility · Food
Cedar Valley Cheese
Belgium, WI
- Total releases
- 233.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Cedar Valley Cheese: how the 233.0K lbs splits
233.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 231.2K lbs 99.2%
- Off-site Transfers 1.8K lbs 0.8%
Cedar Valley Cheese's 233.0K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Cedar Valley Cheese is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Belgium, WI, in the food sector. It reported 48.1K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 233.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,977 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. Cedar Valley Cheese is pounds #89 and chemical-count #463 at 233.0K 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: Actus Nutrition-Adell; Willman Industries Inc; Charter Steel-Saukville; Tms International LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Darling Ingredients Inc - Fayetteville Facility; Agropur; Omega Protein Corp; Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Cedar Valley Cheese stamps MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (99.2% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 233.0K 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 - Fayetteville Facility and Agropur.
Cedar Valley Cheese vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
233K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cedar Valley Cheese: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Cedar Valley Cheese reports the 345th-largest volume, placing it in the top 17.4% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Darling Ingredients Inc - Fayetteville Facility and Agropur.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cedar Valley Cheese's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cedar Valley Cheese's total reported releases fell from 51.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 48.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cedar Valley Cheese's off-site transfers rose from 206 lb in 2022 to 268 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cedar Valley Cheese's land releases fell from 51.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 47.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cedar Valley Cheese Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cedar Valley Cheese releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 233.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 49% (32.3K lbs to 48.1K lbs).
Cedar Valley Cheese: 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 Cedar Valley Cheese year-over-year reported totals (increased by 49% 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 | 32.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 50.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 50.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 51.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 48.1K 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) | 233.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Cedar Valley Cheese · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cedar Valley Cheese
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Actus Nutrition-Adell, Willman Industries Inc, Charter Steel-Saukville, 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 - Fayetteville Facility, Agropur, Omega Protein Corp.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cedar Valley Cheese on cumulative reported pounds (233.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Curtis Metal Finishing Co, Ppg Euclid Pretreatment & Specialty Products, US Army Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Curtis Metal Finishing Co Sterling Heights, MI · Fabricated Metals 233.0K lbs reported
- Ppg Euclid Pretreatment & Specialty Products Euclid, OH · Chemicals 233.1K lbs reported
- US Army Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Middletown, IA · Fabricated Metals 232.8K lbs reported
- Ncp Coatings LLC Niles, MI · Chemicals 232.8K 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), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Actus Nutrition-Adell. Cedar Valley Cheese 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 Cedar Valley Cheese 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.
Cedar Valley Cheese totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Belgium, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 4.1% of Ozaukee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Curtis Metal Finishing Co (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cedar Valley Cheese 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