Western Sugar Cooperative
4 facilities · 4 states · 2.4M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Western Sugar Cooperative is the reported parent of 4 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 2.4M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 21 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Nebraska (1.0M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Western Sugar Cooperative, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Western Sugar Cooperative: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-29.3%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-29.3%
540.8 thousand lb → 382.6 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Western Sugar Cooperative's total reported releases fell from 540.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 382.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Western Sugar Cooperative's water releases rose from 9.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Western Sugar Cooperative's air releases fell from 338.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 201.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Western Sugar Cooperative's chemicals reported rose from 8 in 2022 to 10 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Western Sugar Cooperative from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Western Sugar Cooperative; Western Sugar Cooperative; Western Sugar COOPERATIVE.130130; Western Sugar Cooperative Lovell Factory. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District; Jbs USA Food Co; City of Fremont Department of Utilities. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska; Colorado; Montana. 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: Western Sugar Cooperative; Western Sugar Cooperative; Western Sugar COOPERATIVE.130130; Western Sugar Cooperative Lovell Factory. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District; Jbs USA Food Co; City of Fremont Department of Utilities. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Nitric acid. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Nebraska; Colorado; Montana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food.
Western Sugar Cooperative ranks #412 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Western Sugar Cooperative files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Western Sugar Cooperative's disclosed pounds are spread across 4 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Western Sugar Cooperative follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Tyson Foods Inc; Omaha Public Power District; Jbs USA Food Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Western Sugar Cooperative sits among TRI parents
Western Sugar Cooperative sits on a disclosure ladder beside Tyson Foods Inc and Omaha Public Power District and Jbs USA Food Co and City of Fremont Department of Utilities. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Tyson Foods Inc · rank #410 · 11.9M lbs
- Omaha Public Power District · rank #411 · 11.1M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Jbs USA Food Co · rank #413 · 1.3M lbs
- City of Fremont Department of Utilities · rank #414 · 1.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Western Sugar Cooperative
Ammonia; Formaldehyde; Barium And Barium Compounds; Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)); Nitric acid lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Western Sugar Cooperative. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Ammonia | 1.1M lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 489.4K lbs |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 425.4K lbs |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 265.1K lbs |
| Nitric acid | 83.9K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1 | 1.0M lbs |
| Colorado | 1 | 693.7K lbs |
| Montana | 1 | 582.2K lbs |
| Wyoming | 1 | 116.4K lbs |
Facilities (4)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Western Sugar Cooperative Scottsbluff, NE | 1.0M lbs |
| Western Sugar Cooperative Fort Morgan, CO | 693.7K lbs |
| Western Sugar COOPERATIVE.130130 Billings, MT | 582.2K lbs |
| Western Sugar Cooperative Lovell Factory Lovell, WY | 116.4K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Western Sugar Cooperative on total disclosed release pounds (2.4M lbs) and reporting facility count (4). Release-volume peers include Transit Holdings Inc, Sonoco Products Co, Deere & Co. 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 Nebraska, Colorado, Montana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Western Sugar Cooperative's TRI parent record
From Western Sugar Cooperative, open Western Sugar Cooperative or compare against Tyson Foods Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Western Sugar Cooperative (Western Sugar Cooperative in NE). Largest facility
- Compare against Omaha Public Power District, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Western Sugar Cooperative sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Tyson Foods Inc, Omaha Public Power District) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Western Sugar Cooperative's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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