EPA TRI Facility · Food
Mullins Cheese Inc
Mosinee, WI
- Total releases
- 11.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Mullins Cheese Inc: how the 11.2M lbs splits
11.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 11.2M lbs 100.0%
Mullins Cheese Inc's 11.2M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
HEAVY volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Mullins Cheese Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Mosinee, WI, in the food sector. It reported 2.3M lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 11.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 188 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. 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: Crystal Finishing Systems Inc - Mosinee; Greenheck Fan Corp- Facility 11 (mosinee); Ahlstrom Mosinee LLC; Epiroc Drilling Tools LLC. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Jbs Plainwell; Pryor Solae; Perdue Foods LLC - Lewiston Processing Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid; Peracetic acid.
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
Wisconsin TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=836)
- Ppg Industries Inc-O...
- Mullins Cheese Inc 3
What this shows Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads Wisconsin chemical count. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #319. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
Mullins Cheese Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (100.0% land disposal) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tyson Fresh Meats Inc and Jbs Plainwell.
Mullins Cheese Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
11M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Mullins Cheese Inc inside Marathon's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Mullins Cheese Inc reports the 11th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 50.6% of every pound reported in Marathon. 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 Tyson Fresh Meats Inc and Jbs Plainwell.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Marathon's reported pounds (22.2M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Mullins Cheese Inc's total reported releases fell from 2.8 million lb in 2022 to 2.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Mullins Cheese Inc's land releases fell from 2.8 million lb in 2022 to 2.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Mullins Cheese Inc 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 Mullins Cheese Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 21% (1.9M lbs to 2.3M lbs).
Mullins Cheese Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Mullins Cheese Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased 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 | 1.9M lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 2.1M lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 2.0M lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 2.8M lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.3M lbs | 3 |
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) | 11.2M lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 0 lbs | - |
Mullins Cheese Inc · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Mullins Cheese Inc
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Crystal Finishing Systems Inc - Mosinee, Greenheck Fan Corp- Facility 11 (mosinee), Ahlstrom Mosinee LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 835 other reporting facilities in Wisconsin.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc, Jbs Plainwell, Pryor Solae.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Mullins Cheese Inc on cumulative reported pounds (11.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Maljamar Gas Processing Plant, Eastman Chemical Co Texas Operations, Domtar A.w. LLC Ashdown Mill. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Maljamar Gas Processing Plant Maljamar, NM · Natural Gas Processing 11.2M lbs reported
- Eastman Chemical Co Texas Operations Longview, TX · Chemicals 11.3M lbs reported
- Domtar A.w. LLC Ashdown Mill Ashdown, AR · Paper 11.3M lbs reported
- Coeur Alaska Inc Kensington Gold Project Juneau, AK · Metal Mining 11.3M 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, Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Crystal Finishing Systems Inc - Mosinee. Mullins Cheese Inc stamps HEAVY 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 Mullins Cheese Inc TRI extract (HEAVY · 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.
Mullins Cheese Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Mosinee, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 50.6% of Marathon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Maljamar Gas Processing Plant (Δ 18.8K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Mullins Cheese Inc stamps HEAVY 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