EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc
Lena, WI · Parent: Saputo Inc.
- Total releases
- 35.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: how the 35.5K lbs splits
35.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 28.5K lbs 80.2%
- Land Disposal 3.9K lbs 11.0%
- Off-site Transfers 3.1K lbs 8.8%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc's 35.5K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 80.2% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 11.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lena, WI, in the food sector. It reported 35.5K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 6,926 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Wisconsin's 836 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Saputo Cheese USA Inc is pounds #267 and chemical-count #499 at 35.5K lbs. Mullins Cheese Inc leads reported pounds (11.2M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #319). Ppg Industries Inc-Oak Creek leads chemical count at 32 chemicals (2.2M lbs, pounds #16). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: St Paper-Oconto Falls; Kcs International Inc Cruisers Yachts Div Plant 2; Kcs International Inc Cruisers Yachts Div Plant 1; Carfair Composites USA Inc - Gillett. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Wenger Feeds Llc-Mount Joy (f/k/a Wenger's Feed Mill Inc); Leprino Foods Co; Wilson Plant; Bellisio Foods. Other Saputo Inc. sites in this extract: Saputo Cheese USA Inc; Saputo Cheese USA Inc.; Saputo Cheese USA Inc - Belmont; Saputo Cheese USA - Dresser. 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 WATER pathway (80.2% water discharges) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 35.5K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wenger Feeds Llc-Mount Joy (f/k/a Wenger's Feed Mill Inc) and Leprino Foods Co.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
36K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% 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 700th-largest volume (35.5K lbs). 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 Wisconsin include Wenger Feeds Llc-Mount Joy (f/k/a Wenger's Feed Mill Inc) and Leprino Foods Co.
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.
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: 35.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (17.8K lbs to 0 lbs).
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · WATER 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 100% 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 | 17.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 12.3K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 5.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
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) | 35.5K lbs | - |
| Nitric acid | 0 lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc · WATER-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc on cumulative reported pounds (35.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Johns Manville, Anatrace, Sterilization Services of Virginia. 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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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).
Other Saputo Inc. Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Saputo Cheese USA Inc, Saputo Cheese USA Inc., Saputo Cheese USA Inc - Belmont.
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 St Paper-Oconto Falls. Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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 (LIGHT · WATER · 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 Lena, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 6.0% of Oconto TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Johns Manville (Δ 11 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps LIGHT volume · WATER 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