EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc
Troy, NC · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 84.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: how the 84.4K lbs splits
84.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 84.4K lbs 100.0%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc's 84.4K 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).
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Troy, NC, in the food sector. It reported 51.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 84.4K lbs in total across its 2020-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,946 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Saputo Cheese USA Inc is pounds #168 and chemical-count #389 at 84.4K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: McRae Footwear: Troy; Troy Lumber Co; Jordan Lumber & Supply Co; Unilin US Mdf. Similar-scale Food peers outside North Carolina: Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc; Cargill Inc; Red Arrow Products Co LLC; Great Lakes Cheese of Ny Inc.. 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 LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 84.4K lbs (2020–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc and Cargill Inc.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
84K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% 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 530th-largest volume (84.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 99.8% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Unilever Manufacturing (us) Inc and Cargill Inc.
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 99.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc's total reported releases rose from 33.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 51.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc's off-site transfers rose from 33.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 51.0 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: 84.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2020–2023
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 172 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 33.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 51.0K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 84.2K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 172 lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Saputo Cheese USA Inc
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including McRae Footwear: Troy, Troy Lumber Co, Jordan Lumber & Supply Co, ordered by distance.
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Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc on cumulative reported pounds (84.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park, Chem Pruf Door, Overhead Door Corp-Pennsylvania Div. 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.
- Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park Faribault, MN · Electric Utilities 84.3K lbs reported
- Chem Pruf Door Brownsville, TX · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 84.3K lbs reported
- Overhead Door Corp-Pennsylvania Div Lewistown, PA · Fabricated Metals 84.4K lbs reported
- Americas Styrenics LLC - Torrance Torrance, CA · Chemicals 84.3K lbs reported
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 McRae Footwear: Troy. 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.
Use and verify this record
This Saputo Cheese USA 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.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Troy, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2020–2023 (4 years). NAICS 311511 · Food. 7.7% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Faribault Energy Park (Δ 19 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA 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