EPA TRI Facility · Food
Saputo Cheese USA Inc
Almena, WI · Parent: Saputo Inc
- Total releases
- 160.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Saputo Cheese USA Inc: how the 160.7K lbs splits
160.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 159.1K lbs 99.0%
- Land Disposal 1.6K lbs 1.0%
Saputo Cheese USA Inc's 160.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 1.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Saputo Cheese USA Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Almena, WI, in the food sector. It reported 12.2K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 160.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,623 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 #120 and chemical-count #330 at 160.7K 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: Puris Proteins LLC; Wisconsin Whey Protein; Foremost Farms USA; Jennie-O-Turkey Store Barron. Similar-scale Food peers outside Wisconsin: Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility; Middlebury Cheese Co; Proliant Dairy Ingredients; Cargill 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: Nitric acid; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Peracetic acid.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 160.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility and Middlebury Cheese Co.
Saputo Cheese USA Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
161K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% 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 in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Saputo Cheese USA Inc reports the 406th-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Wisconsin include Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility and Middlebury Cheese Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc's total reported releases rose from 10.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc's off-site transfers rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc's land releases fell from 606 lb in 2022 to 530 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: 160.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 36% (19.1K lbs to 12.2K 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 36% 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 | 19.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 56.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 62.7K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 10.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 12.2K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 83.2K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 73.7K lbs | - |
| Peracetic acid | 3.8K lbs | - |
Saputo Cheese USA Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Wisconsin - e.g. Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility, Middlebury Cheese Co, Proliant Dairy Ingredients.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Saputo Cheese USA Inc on cumulative reported pounds (160.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include T R Miller Mill Co Inc, Decorative Panels Internationa L, Cabinetworks Group LLC. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- T R Miller Mill Co Inc Brewton, AL · Wood Products 160.6K lbs reported
- Decorative Panels Internationa L Toledo, OH · Wood Products 160.8K lbs reported
- Cabinetworks Group LLC Culpeper, VA · Furniture 160.5K lbs reported
- Palmer Manufacturing & Tank Garden City, KS · Fabricated Metals 160.9K 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), Peracetic acid; nearby reporters include Puris Proteins LLC. 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 Almena, WI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 311513 · Food. 23.3% of Barron TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Amcor Packaging Inc (Δ 4 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