EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Decatur, AL · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 3.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: how the 3.0K lbs splits
3.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 3.0K lbs 100.0%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s 3.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Decatur, AL, in the food sector. It reported 3.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 12,159 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Automatic Screw Machine Product Co; Hyosung USA Inc. Decatur Plant; Bunge N.a. Inc.; Big Heart Pet Brands Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside Alabama: Elite Spice Inc.; Frito-Lay Inc; Symrise Inc; Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. Other Saputo Inc sites in this extract: Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0K lbs (2021–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Elite Spice Inc. and Frito-Lay Inc.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.0K lbs Top 47% higher than 53% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Saputo Cheese USA Inc. reports the 1,087th-largest volume (3.0K lbs). 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 Alabama include Elite Spice Inc. and Frito-Lay Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s total reported releases fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s off-site transfers fell from 3.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Saputo Cheese USA Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2021–2023
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Saputo Cheese USA Inc. year-over-year reported totals. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 3.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3.0K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Automatic Screw Machine Product Co, Hyosung USA Inc. Decatur Plant, Bunge N.a. Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Elite Spice Inc., Frito-Lay Inc, Symrise Inc.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (3.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Highline Warren LLC - Warren Performance Packaging, The Dow Chemical Co Grand Bayou Operations, Advanced Biotech. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Highline Warren LLC - Warren Performance Packaging Council Bluffs, IA · Petroleum 3.0K lbs reported
- The Dow Chemical Co Grand Bayou Operations Paincourtville, LA · Other 3.0K lbs reported
- Advanced Biotech Totowa, NJ · Chemicals 3.0K lbs reported
- Netvia Group LLC Irving, TX · Computers and Electronic Products 3.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Saputo Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Saputo Cheese USA Inc., Saputo Cheese USA Inc, Saputo Cheese USA Inc..
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; nearby reporters include Automatic Screw Machine Product Co. Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Saputo Cheese USA Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · 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.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Decatur, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2021–2023 (3 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.0% of Morgan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Highline Warren LLC - Warren Performance Packaging (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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