EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations
Cherokee, AL · Parent: Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC
- Total releases
- 1.1M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations: how the 1.1M lbs splits
1.1M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 1.1M lbs 95.8%
- Air Releases 31.9K lbs 2.8%
- Off-site Transfers 14.8K lbs 1.3%
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations's 1.1M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 95.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway TRACE-CARC
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cherokee, AL, in the paper sector. It reported 158.7K lbs of releases across 7 chemicals in 2023, and 1.1M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,220 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Alabama's 559 reporting TRI sites, Chemical Waste Management leads both reported pounds (95.6M lbs) and chemical count (98 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Freightcar Alabama; Messer LLC; Lsb Chemical LLC; Flexco Corp. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Alabama: Domtar Paper Co LLC Kingsport Mill; Ahlstrom Filtration LLC; Resolute Fp US Inc - Grenada Mill; Shurtape Technologies Llc-Hudson Opp Plant. Other Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC sites in this extract: Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC; Essity Professional Hygiene N.a. LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Formic acid; Methanol; Acetaldehyde.
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (95.8% water discharges) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.1M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Domtar Paper Co LLC Kingsport Mill and Ahlstrom Filtration LLC.
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.1M lbs Top 5% higher than 95% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations reports the 113th-largest volume (1.1M lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 88.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Alabama include Domtar Paper Co LLC Kingsport Mill and Ahlstrom Filtration LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 88.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations's total reported releases fell from 223.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 158.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations's off-site transfers fell from 4.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 670 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations's water releases fell from 212.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 151.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations's air releases fell from 6.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.1M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 31% (230.3K lbs to 158.7K lbs).
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 31% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 230.3K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 316.5K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 191.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 223.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 158.7K lbs | 7 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 987.7K lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 65.0K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 50.3K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 7.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Propionaldehyde | 6.5K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 3.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 225 lbs | Carcinogen |
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including Freightcar Alabama, Messer LLC, Lsb Chemical LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 558 other reporting facilities in Alabama.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Alabama - e.g. Domtar Paper Co LLC Kingsport Mill, Ahlstrom Filtration LLC, Resolute Fp US Inc - Grenada Mill.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations on cumulative reported pounds (1.1M lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Toledo Refining Co LLC, Ball Container LLC - Rome Can Plant, Empirical Foods (ssc). Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Toledo Refining Co LLC Oregon, OH · Petroleum 1.1M lbs reported
- Ball Container LLC - Rome Can Plant Rome, GA · Fabricated Metals 1.1M lbs reported
- Empirical Foods (ssc) South Sioux City, NE · Food 1.1M lbs reported
- US Army Maneuver Support Center Imld-Pw-E Fort Leonard Wood, MO · Other 1.1M 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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Formic acid, Methanol, Acetaldehyde; nearby reporters include Freightcar Alabama. Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · TRACE-CARC · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cherokee, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 21.3% of Colbert TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Toledo Refining Co LLC (Δ 19 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Essity Professional Hygiene Na Barton Operations stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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