EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Reedsburg, WI · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 178.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: how the 178.0K lbs splits
178.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 177.9K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 20 lbs <0.1%
- Water Discharges 18 lbs <0.1%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s 178.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Reedsburg, WI, in the food sector. It reported 7.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 178.0K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,457 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 #109 and chemical-count #467 at 178.0K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Seats Inc; Plateco Inc; Saputo Cheese USA; Grede Foundries. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.; American Yeast Corp Tennessee; Cj Bio America; K81 - Goodland Oilseeds. 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: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 178.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. and American Yeast Corp Tennessee.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
178K lbs Top 13% higher than 87% 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.: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Saputo Cheese USA Inc. reports the 387th-largest volume, placing it in the top 19.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 80.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. and American Yeast Corp Tennessee.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 80.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 6.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 6.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.7 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: 178.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 90% (78.8K lbs to 7.7K lbs).
Saputo Cheese USA Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE 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 90% 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: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 78.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 78.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 5.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 6.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 7.7K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 143.2K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 34.8K lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Closest other reporters in Wisconsin - including Seats Inc, Plateco Inc, Saputo Cheese USA, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., American Yeast Corp Tennessee, Cj Bio America.
Compare beyond Wisconsin
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (178.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Holcim (us) Inc Devil's Slide Plant, Cmc Steel New Jersey, US Army Camp Guernsey Training Areas. 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.
- Holcim (us) Inc Devil's Slide Plant Morgan, UT · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 177.9K lbs reported
- Cmc Steel New Jersey Sayreville, NJ · Primary Metals 178.0K lbs reported
- US Army Camp Guernsey Training Areas Guernsey, WY · Other 178.1K lbs reported
- White River Marine Group New Bern, NC · Transportation Equipment 177.8K 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 Nitric acid, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Seats Inc. Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps MID 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 (MID · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) 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 Reedsburg, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311514 · Food. 7.0% of Sauk TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Holcim (us) Inc Devil's Slide Plant (Δ 57 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. 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