EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc
Tulare, CA · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 3.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2022
- 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: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Tulare, CA, in the food sector. It reported 2.5K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2022, and 3.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 12,102 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In California's 1,149 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Saputo Cheese USA Inc is pounds #562 and chemical-count #900 at 3.0K lbs. Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC leads reported pounds (50.4M lbs) at 45 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Chevron Products Co Richmond Refinery leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Land O Lakes - Tulare Dairy; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Calportland Tulare Rmc. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Safeway; Ajinomoto Foods N.a.; Hiland Dairy Co; Avoca LLC. 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: Nitric acid.
Compare Saputo Cheese USA Inc with
Nearest reporters in California
- Land O Lakes - Tulare Dairy Tulare · 438 lbs
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Tulare · 1.2M lbs
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc. Tulare · 2.6M lbs
- Calportland Tulare Rmc Tulare · 0 lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Safeway (AZ) · Ajinomoto Foods N.a. (MO) · Hiland Dairy Co (MO)
Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.0K lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safeway and Ajinomoto Foods N.a..
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: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Saputo Cheese USA Inc reports the 1,079th-largest volume (3.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside California include Safeway and Ajinomoto Foods N.a..
Concentrated means ≥60% of Saputo Cheese USA Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
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 2019–2022
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 542 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 2.5K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 3.0K lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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 (1). Release-pound peers include Schawk Milwaukee, Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corp North Canton, Ajinomoto Foods N.a.. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Land O Lakes - Tulare Dairy. 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.
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This Saputo Cheese USA Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) 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 Tulare, CA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.0% of Tulare TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Schawk Milwaukee (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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