Early, GA
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Early in Georgia · Population: 10,683
TRI sites such as Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC; Republic Conduit Inc; SDWIS systems such as BLAKELY; JAKIN; DAMASCUS anchor Early, GA's EPA extract. Derived burden score 27/100 (Low Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC; Republic Conduit Inc are among the largest Form R filers reporting in Early; no SDWIS system here carries an active health-based flag. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 27/100 (Low Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Early -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Early, GA: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-10.8%
2 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-10.8%
2.0 million lb → 1.8 million lb, every facility that filed
- Early, GA's total reported releases fell from 2.0 million lb in 2022 to 1.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Early, GA's water releases fell from 676.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 578.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Early, GA's off-site transfers fell from 228.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 201.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Early, GA's air releases fell from 948.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 868.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (5)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| BLAKELY | 5,716 | 0 |
| JAKIN | 262 | 0 |
| DAMASCUS | 240 | 0 |
| PARADISE ACRES SUBDIVISION | 192 | 0 |
| RIVERSIDE ACRES SUBDIVISION | 159 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (2)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC | 7.3M lbs |
| 2 | Republic Conduit Inc | 3.4M lbs |
Cities in Early (4)
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What does this county environmental profile show?
This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.