EPA TRI Facility · Food
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.
Cheektowaga, NY · Parent: Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc
- Total releases
- 20.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.: how the 27.5K lbs splits
27.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 27.5K lbs 99.9%
- Air Releases 36 lbs 0.1%
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.'s 27.5K 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 Cheektowaga, NY, in the food sector. It reported 6.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 20.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 8,184 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 #169 and chemical-count #280 at 20.6K 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Derrick Corp; Derrick Corp; Xylem Inc (fluid Handling Llc); New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc.. Similar-scale Food peers outside New York: Brakebush Brothers; True West Beef LLC; Cincinnati Renewable Fuels LLC; Tyson Chicken Inc. - Albertville Processing Plant. Other Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc sites in this extract: North Country Dairy LLC; Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc.; Upstate Farms Dairy LLC; Upstate Farms Cultured Products LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Nitric acid.
Compare Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. with
Nearest reporters in New York
- Derrick Corp Cheektowaga · 55.6K lbs
- Derrick Corp Cheektowaga · 4.6K lbs
- Xylem Inc (fluid Handling Llc) Cheektowaga · 5.5K lbs
- New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Inc. Cheektowaga · 318 lbs
Similar-scale Food sites elsewhere: Brakebush Brothers (NC) · True West Beef LLC (ID) · Cincinnati Renewable Fuels LLC (OH)
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.9% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 20.6K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Brakebush Brothers and True West Beef LLC.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
21K lbs Top 31% higher than 69% 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 807th-largest volume (20.6K 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 Brakebush Brothers and True West Beef LLC.
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.
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. Form-R facts
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63% less than the comparison
80% less than the comparison
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 27.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 137676% (5 lbs to 6.9K 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 137676% 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 | 5 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 8.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 6.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 6.9K 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) | 27.5K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 36 lbs | - |
Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside New York - e.g. Brakebush Brothers, True West Beef LLC, Cincinnati Renewable Fuels LLC.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Upstate Niagara Cooperative Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (20.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Turbocombustor Technology Inc., Cps Technologies Corp, Brakebush Brothers. 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 Niagara Cooperative Inc., Upstate Farms Dairy LLC.
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 Derrick Corp. 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 Cheektowaga, NY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 0.4% of Erie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Turbocombustor Technology 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