EPA TRI Facility · Food
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.
West Seneca, NY · Parent: Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc
- Total releases
- 50.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.: how the 67.4K lbs splits
67.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 67.3K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 94 lbs 0.1%
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.'s 67.4K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in West Seneca, NY, in the food sector. It reported 16.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 50.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 6,109 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. Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. is pounds #124 and chemical-count #262 at 50.6K 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: Kemper System America Inc; Rosina Food Products Inc; Rosina Food Products Inc.; Suit-Kote Buffalo. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Lincoln Premium Poultry; Fresh Mark Canton; Kroger Corp Smiths Food & Drug Dairy Div; Tipp City Purple Cow Creamery. Other Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc sites in this extract: North Country Dairy LLC; Upstate Farms Dairy LLC; Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.; Upstate Farms Cultured Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 50.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Lincoln Premium Poultry and Fresh Mark Canton.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
51K lbs Top 24% higher than 76% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. reports the 627th-largest volume (50.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside New York include Lincoln Premium Poultry and Fresh Mark Canton.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 14.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 14.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 67.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 112080% (15 lbs to 16.8K lbs).
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. year-over-year reported totals (increased by 112080% 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 | 15 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 16 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 19.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 14.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 16.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 16.8K 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) | 67.3K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 94 lbs | - |
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (50.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Agco Inc, Dyna Drill Technologies LLC, Bostik Inc.. 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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Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including North Country Dairy LLC, Upstate Farms Dairy LLC, Upstate Niagara Cooperative 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 Kemper System America Inc. Upstate Niagara Cooperative 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 Upstate Niagara Cooperative 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.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for West Seneca, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 1.0% of Erie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Agco Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative 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