Year-over-year total releases
Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.
Facility detail
VALLEY QUEEN CHEESE FACTORY INC.
200 E RAILWAY AVE, MILBANK, SD, 57252
Parent company: NA
Top chemical totals
The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.
Full release table
Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.
| All values in pounds (lbs) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | Ammonia | Nitric acid | Peracetic acid | Total (lbs) | |
| 2024 | 22,726 | 1,743 | 10 | 10 | 24,489 | |
| 2023 | 4,271 | 1,656 | 10 | 10 | 5,947 | |
| 2022 | 4,168 | 1,119 | 10 | 10 | 5,307 | |
| 2021 | 4,119 | 130 | 10 | — | 4,259 | |
| 2020 | 56,556 | 205 | 10 | — | 56,771 | |
| 2019 | 27,848 | 615 | 10 | — | 28,473 | |
| 2018 | 7,970 | 1,305 | 10 | — | 9,285 | |
| 2017 | 3,750 | 755 | 10 | — | 4,515 | |
| 2016 | 5,100 | 255 | 10 | — | 5,365 | |
| 2015 | 8,000 | 255 | 10 | — | 8,265 | |
| 2014 | 39,300 | 755 | 5 | — | 40,060 | |
| 2013 | 61,883 | 1,105 | 5 | — | 62,993 | |
| 2012 | 46,250 | 1,505 | 5 | — | 47,760 | |
| 2011 | 45,130 | 4,605 | — | — | 49,735 | |
| 2010 | 22,783 | 5,100 | — | — | 27,883 | |
| 2009 | 37,948 | — | — | — | 37,948 | |
| 2008 | 26,901 | 2,506 | — | — | 29,407 | |
| 2007 | 33,958 | 1,800 | — | — | 35,758 | |
| 2006 | 66,910 | — | — | — | 66,910 | |
| 2005 | 4,665 | — | — | — | 4,665 | |
| 1991 | — | 750 | — | — | 750 | |
| 1990 | — | 750 | — | — | 750 | |
| 1989 | — | 250 | — | — | 250 | |
| 1987 | — | 250 | — | — | 250 | |
▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.