EPA TRI Facility · Food
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse
La Crosse, WI · Parent: Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
- Total releases
- 182.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse: how the 182.8K lbs splits
182.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 182.8K lbs 100.0%
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse's 182.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in La Crosse, WI, in the food sector. It reported 32.8K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 182.8K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,402 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. Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse is pounds #103 and chemical-count #661 at 182.8K 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: Torrance Casting Inc; Crown Beverage Packaging; Hydrite Chemical Co.; Midwest Industrial Asphalt. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture; Ingredion Inc; Lactalis American Group Inc.; Shamrock Foods Co. Other Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc sites in this extract: Empire Cheese; Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid.
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 182.8K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture and Ingredion Inc.
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
183K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse reports the 378th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include New Dairy/select Milk a Borden Joint Venture and Ingredion Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse's total reported releases fell from 58.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse's off-site transfers fell from 58.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 32.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse Form-R facts
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75% less than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 182.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 15% (28.5K lbs to 32.8K lbs).
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse year-over-year reported totals (increased by 15% 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 | 28.5K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 33.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 28.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 58.9K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 32.8K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 182.8K lbs | - |
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Torrance Casting Inc, Crown Beverage Packaging, Hydrite Chemical Co., ordered by distance.
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Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse on cumulative reported pounds (182.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Newport Fab LLC (dba Towerjazz), Crown Roll Leaf Inc., Everzinc USA Clarksville. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa 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.
- Newport Fab LLC (dba Towerjazz) Newport Beach, CA · Computers and Electronic Products 182.7K lbs reported
- Crown Roll Leaf Inc. Paterson, NJ · Printing 182.6K lbs reported
- Everzinc USA Clarksville Clarksville, TN · Primary Metals 182.6K lbs reported
- Owens Corning Aiken, SC · Textiles 183.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Empire Cheese, Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc..
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; nearby reporters include Torrance Casting Inc. Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for La Crosse, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 9.7% of La Crosse TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Newport Fab LLC (dba Towerjazz) (Δ 106 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Great Lakes Cheese of la Crosse stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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