EPA TRI Facility · Food
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville
Brownsville, WI · Parent: Grande Cheese Co
- Total releases
- 111.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville: how the 111.1K lbs splits
111.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 109.4K lbs 98.5%
- Off-site Transfers 1.7K lbs 1.5%
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville's 111.1K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 98.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 1.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brownsville, WI, in the food sector. It reported 60.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 111.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,375 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. Grande Cheese Co Brownsville is pounds #152 and chemical-count #477 at 111.1K 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Quad/graphics Inc.; Kondex Corp; Metalcraft of Mayville; South Fond Du Lac Energy Center. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant; Kolb Lena Cheese Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc.; Ingredion Inc Indianapolis Plant. Other Grande Cheese Co sites in this extract: Friendship; Grande Custom Ingredients; Grande Cheese Co Wyocena; Grande Cheese Co Juda. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (98.5% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 111.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant and Kolb Lena Cheese Inc..
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
111K lbs Top 17% higher than 83% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Grande Cheese Co Brownsville reports the 479th-largest volume, placing it in the top 24.2% 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 Wells Enterprises Inc South Ice Cream Plant and Kolb Lena Cheese Inc..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Grande Cheese Co Brownsville'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
- Grande Cheese Co Brownsville's total reported releases rose from 49.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Grande Cheese Co Brownsville's off-site transfers rose from 0 lb in 2022 to 588 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Grande Cheese Co Brownsville's water releases rose from 49.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 60.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Grande Cheese Co Brownsville releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 111.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Grande Cheese Co Brownsville year-over-year reported totals. 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 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 44 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 1.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 49.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 60.9K 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) | 111.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville · WATER-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Quad/graphics Inc., Kondex Corp, Metalcraft of Mayville, ordered by distance.
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Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Grande Cheese Co Brownsville on cumulative reported pounds (111.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Rust-Oleum Corp in Md, Quantumclean, Weylchem US Inc.. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Grande Cheese Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Friendship, Grande Custom Ingredients, Grande Cheese Co Wyocena.
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 Quad/graphics Inc.. Grande Cheese Co Brownsville stamps MID volume · WATER 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 Grande Cheese Co Brownsville TRI extract (MID · WATER · 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.
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brownsville, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 10.4% of Dodge TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Rust-Oleum Corp in Md (Δ 23 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Grande Cheese Co Brownsville stamps MID volume · WATER 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