EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Friendship, NY · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 276.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: how the 291.1K lbs splits
291.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 283.3K lbs 97.3%
- Water Discharges 5.5K lbs 1.9%
- Off-site Transfers 2.3K lbs 0.8%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s 291.1K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 97.3% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume LAND pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Friendship, NY, in the food sector. It reported 14.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 276.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,713 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In New York's 581 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is pounds #50 and chemical-count #249 at 276.3K lbs. St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill leads reported pounds (9.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #40). Norlite LLC leads chemical count at 93 chemicals (28.3K lbs, pounds #152). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Empire Cheese; Arvos Ljungstrom LLC; Cooper Power Systems LLC; Griffith Energy - Olean. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Foremost Farms USA; Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches Processing Plant; Saputo Cheese USA; Claxton Poultry Farms. 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 MID volume with a dominant LAND pathway (97.3% land disposal) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 276.3K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Foremost Farms USA and Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches Processing Plant.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
276K 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. inside Allegany's TRI pounds
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Saputo Cheese USA Inc. reports the 328th-largest volume, placing it in the top 16.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 57.8% of every pound reported in Allegany. 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 New York include Foremost Farms USA and Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches Processing Plant.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Allegany's reported pounds (478.3K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 74.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 85.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s water releases rose from 762 lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s land releases rose from 74.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 84.7 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: 291.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 61% (38.1K lbs to 14.8K lbs).
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Saputo Cheese USA Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 61% from 2019 to 2024). 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 | 38.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 30.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 46.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 74.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 85.7K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 14.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 291.1K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. · LAND-pathway site
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Foremost Farms USA, Pilgrim's Pride Corp Nacogdoches Processing Plant, Saputo Cheese USA.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (276.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include John Deere Des Moines Works, Milwaukee Valve Co LLC, Red Wing Shoe Plant 2. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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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 Empire Cheese. Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps MID volume · LAND 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 (MID · LAND · 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 Friendship, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 57.8% of Allegany TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: John Deere Des Moines Works (Δ 58 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps MID volume · LAND 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