Billerud Americas Corp
3 facilities · 2 states · 8.0M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Billerud Americas Corp is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 8.0M lbs of toxic releases. 5 of 60 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Michigan (5.7M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Billerud Americas Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Billerud Americas Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-2.0%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-2.0%
1.2 million lb → 1.1 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Billerud Americas Corp's total reported releases fell from 1.2 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Billerud Americas Corp's land releases rose from 213.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 246.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Billerud Americas Corp's chemicals reported fell from 23 in 2022 to 21 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Billerud Americas Corp's air releases fell from 845.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 786.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Billerud Americas Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Billerud Escanaba LLC; Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill; Billerud Quinnesec. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc; Pace Industries LLC; US Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Michigan; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Billerud Escanaba LLC; Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill; Billerud Quinnesec. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc; Pace Industries LLC; US Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Michigan; Wisconsin. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper.
Billerud Americas Corp ranks #187 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Billerud Americas Corp files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Billerud Americas Corp's disclosed pounds are spread across 3 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Billerud Americas Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; US Ecology Inc; Pace Industries LLC) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Billerud Americas Corp sits among TRI parents
Billerud Americas Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and US Ecology Inc and Pace Industries LLC and US Steel Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #185 · 53.0M lbs
- US Ecology Inc · rank #186 · 39.8M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Pace Industries LLC · rank #188 · 7.2M lbs
- US Steel Corp · rank #189 · 5.7M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Billerud Americas Corp
Methanol; Manganese compounds; Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Billerud Escanaba LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 3.8M lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 1.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.0M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 350.0K lbs |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 307.6K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 2 | 5.7M lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 2.3M lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Billerud Escanaba LLC Escanaba, MI | 3.6M lbs |
| Wisconsin Rapids Pulp Mill Wisconsin Rapids, WI | 2.3M lbs |
| Billerud Quinnesec Quinnesec, MI | 2.2M lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Billerud Americas Corp on total disclosed release pounds (8.0M lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Steel Dynamics Inc, Azz Inc, Lanxess Corp. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Michigan, Wisconsin; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Billerud Americas Corp's TRI parent record
From Billerud Americas Corp, open Billerud Escanaba LLC or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Billerud Americas Corp (Billerud Escanaba LLC in MI). Largest facility
- Compare against US Ecology Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Billerud Americas Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, US Ecology Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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