Usg Corp
32 facilities · 22 states · 7.8M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Usg Corp is the reported parent of 32 Form R facilities across 22 states, disclosing 7.8M lbs of toxic releases. 9 of 127 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (7.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Usg Corp, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Usg Corp: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-14.8%
28 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-14.8%
1.6 million lb → 1.3 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Usg Corp's total reported releases fell from 1.6 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Usg Corp's water releases rose from 25.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 45.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Usg Corp's air releases fell from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 936.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Usg Corp's land releases fell from 400.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 354.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Usg Corp from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Usg Paper LLC; American Metals Corp; Otsego Paper Inc.; Usg Interiors LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Hydrogen sulfide; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Ohio; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Fabricated Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Chemicals. 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: Usg Paper LLC; American Metals Corp; Otsego Paper Inc.; Usg Interiors LLC. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Hydrogen sulfide; Zinc compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Ohio; Michigan. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Paper; Fabricated Metals; Nonmetallic Mineral Product; Chemicals.
Usg Corp ranks #190 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Usg Corp spans 22 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Releases are facility-concentrated: Usg Paper LLC accounts for most of Usg Corp's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Usg Corp follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Targa Resources Corp; Ineos US I Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Usg Corp sits among TRI parents
Usg Corp sits on a disclosure ladder beside Targa Resources Corp and Ineos US I Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Targa Resources Corp · rank #188 · 105.5M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #189 · 94.2M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Usg Corp
Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Hydrogen sulfide; Zinc compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Usg Paper LLC. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 3.2M lbs |
| Ammonia | 1.2M lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 681.5K lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 668.9K lbs |
| Zinc compounds | 596.0K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4 | 7.6M lbs |
| Ohio | 2 | 138.5K lbs |
| Michigan | 2 | 35.0K lbs |
| Minnesota | 2 | 13.1K lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 2.0K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 1.8K lbs |
| Alabama | 1 | 1.1K lbs |
| California | 2 | 927 lbs |
| Indiana | 2 | 529 lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 422 lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 380 lbs |
| Maryland | 1 | 355 lbs |
| Iowa | 2 | 295 lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 292 lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 260 lbs |
| Utah | 1 | 240 lbs |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 196 lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 77 lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 46 lbs |
| Georgia | 1 | 9 lbs |
| New Jersey | 1 | 5 lbs |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 lbs |
Facilities (32)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Usg Paper LLC Orange, TX | 7.6M lbs |
| American Metals Corp Westlake, OH | 138.0K lbs |
| Otsego Paper Inc. Otsego, MI | 34.8K lbs |
| Usg Interiors LLC Red Wing, MN | 12.3K lbs |
| Usgypsum Co Galena Park Galena Park, TX | 5.6K lbs |
| US Gypsum Co North Kansas City, MO | 2.0K lbs |
| Usg Interiors LLC Walworth, WI | 1.3K lbs |
| US Gypsum Bridgeport Bridgeport, AL | 1.1K lbs |
| US Gypsum Co El Centro, CA | 884 lbs |
| Usg Interiors LLC Cloquet, MN | 812 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Gypsum, OH | 490 lbs |
| Usg Structural Technologies LLC Delavan, WI | 460 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co. Jacksonville, FL | 422 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co East Chicago, IN | 403 lbs |
| Usg Interiors Greenville, MS | 380 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Baltimore, MD | 355 lbs |
| U.S. Gypsum Co New Orleans, LA | 292 lbs |
| US Gypsum - Washingtonville Plant Danville, PA | 260 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Sigurd Utah Sigurd, UT | 240 lbs |
| US Gypsum Southard, OK | 196 lbs |
| US Gypsum Sperry Mediapolis, IA | 177 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Detroit Plant River Rouge, MI | 145 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Shoals, IN | 125 lbs |
| US Gypsum-Fort Dodge Plant Fort Dodge, IA | 118 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Norfolk, VA | 77 lbs |
| US Gypsum Sweetwater, TX | 59 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Rainier, OR | 46 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Torrance, CA | 44 lbs |
| Usg Chamblee Plant Chamblee, GA | 9 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Dallas, TX | 7 lbs |
| US Gypsum Co Port Reading, NJ | 5 lbs |
| Usg Phoenix Plant Glendale, AZ | 1 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Usg Corp on total disclosed release pounds (7.8M lbs) and reporting facility count (32). Release-volume peers include Advansix Inc, Azz Inc, Steel Dynamics Inc. Facility-count peers include Poet Holding Co LLC, Ufp Industries Inc, Univar Solutions LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
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 Texas, Ohio, Michigan; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Usg Corp's TRI parent record
From Usg Corp, open Usg Paper LLC or compare against Targa Resources Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Usg Corp (Usg Paper LLC in TX). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Usg Corp sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Targa Resources Corp, Ineos US I 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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