EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc
South Gate, CA · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 294.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: how the 294.1K lbs splits
294.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 294.1K lbs 100.0%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc's 294.1K 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).
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in South Gate, CA, in the food sector. It reported 8.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 294.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,615 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 #81 and chemical-count #534 at 294.1K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Buddy Bar Casting; Hughes Bros Aircrafters Inc; Techni-Cast Corp; Lunday-Thagard Co DBA World Oil Refining. Similar-scale Food peers outside California: Grassland Dairy Products Inc; Nasoya Foods USA Llc.; Darling Ingredients Inc.; Basic American Foods Blackfoot Facility. 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.
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Nearest reporters in California
- Buddy Bar Casting South Gate · 2 lbs
- Hughes Bros Aircrafters Inc South Gate · 36 lbs
- Techni-Cast Corp South Gate · 147.8K lbs
- Lunday-Thagard Co DBA World Oil Refining South Gate · 5.5K lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Grassland Dairy Products Inc (WI) · Nasoya Foods USA Llc. (MA) · Darling Ingredients Inc. (TX)
Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 294.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Grassland Dairy Products Inc and Nasoya Foods USA Llc..
Saputo Cheese USA Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
294K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% 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 319th-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.1% of its sector. 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 California include Grassland Dairy Products Inc and Nasoya Foods USA Llc..
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 rose from 7.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc's off-site transfers rose from 7.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.6 thousand lb 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: 294.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 91% (94.9K lbs to 8.6K lbs).
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Saputo Cheese USA Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 91% from 2019 to 2023). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 94.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 91.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 92.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 7.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 8.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 294.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc on cumulative reported pounds (294.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Zeon Chemicals LP, Bayer Cropscience LP, Astoria Energy Power Generation Facility. 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.
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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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid; nearby reporters include Buddy Bar Casting. Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps MID 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 (MID · 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 South Gate, CA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 0.7% of Los Angeles TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Zeon Chemicals LP (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps MID 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