McCain Foods USA Inc
4 facilities · 4 states · 37.1M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, McCain Foods USA Inc is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 37.1M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 23 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Idaho (20.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for McCain Foods USA Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for McCain Foods USA Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+32.0%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+32.0%
7.0 million lb → 9.3 million lb, every facility that filed
- McCain Foods USA Inc's total reported releases rose from 7.0 million lb in 2022 to 9.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- McCain Foods USA Inc's off-site transfers rose from 351.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- McCain Foods USA Inc's air releases rose from 15.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 21.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- McCain Foods USA Inc's water releases rose from 6.7 million lb in 2022 to 7.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read McCain Foods USA Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: McCain Foods USA Inc.; McCain Foods USA Inc; McCain Foods USA Inc; McCain Foods USA Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Hecla Mining Co; Bayer US Holding LP; J R Simplot Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine; Chromium. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Idaho; Maine; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: McCain Foods USA Inc.; McCain Foods USA Inc; McCain Foods USA Inc; McCain Foods USA Inc. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Hecla Mining Co; Bayer US Holding LP; J R Simplot Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine; Chromium. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Idaho; Maine; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
McCain Foods USA Inc ranks #54 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. McCain Foods USA Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. McCain Foods USA Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 4 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for McCain Foods USA Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Hecla Mining Co; Bayer US Holding LP; J R Simplot Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where McCain Foods USA Inc sits among TRI parents
McCain Foods USA Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Hecla Mining Co and Bayer US Holding LP and J R Simplot Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Hecla Mining Co · rank #52 · 58.7M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Bayer US Holding LP · rank #55 · 24.5M lbs
- J R Simplot Co · rank #56 · 17.7M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by McCain Foods USA Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Chlorine; Chromium lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as McCain Foods USA Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 38.9M lbs |
| Ammonia | 91.5K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 3.6K lbs |
| Chlorine | 284 lbs |
| Chromium | 0 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 1 | 20.2M lbs |
| Maine | 1 | 9.4M lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 5.8M lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 1.7M lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| McCain Foods USA Inc. Burley, ID | 20.2M lbs |
| McCain Foods USA Inc Easton, ME | 9.4M lbs |
| McCain Foods USA Inc Wisconsin Rapids, WI | 5.8M lbs |
| McCain Foods USA Inc Othello, WA | 1.7M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest McCain Foods USA Inc on total disclosed release pounds (37.1M lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Marathon Petroleum Corp, Eastman Chemical Co, Pbf Energy Inc. Facility-count peers include A Stucki Holding Corp, Advanced Heat Treat Corp, Alleima USA LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Idaho, Maine, Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with McCain Foods USA Inc's TRI parent record
From McCain Foods USA Inc, open McCain Foods USA Inc. or compare against Hecla Mining Co rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for McCain Foods USA Inc (McCain Foods USA Inc. in ID). Largest facility
- Compare against Hecla Mining Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where McCain Foods USA Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Hecla Mining Co, Bayer US Holding LP) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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