Total reported releases 24k lb more than tripled year over year (+312%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 14% since 2010.
200 E RAILWAY AVE, Milbank, South Dakota · 311513 · Food
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at Valley Queen Cheese Factory INC. rose from 4k lb to 23k lb (5.3×) between 2023 and 2024.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Ammonia concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Peracetic acid concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Nitric acid concentrations have more than doubled since 2012.
Within 3 miles of this facility (5 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 3,926. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.