EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Westrock Coated Board LLC
Cottonton, AL · Parent: Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co
- Total releases
- 11.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 22
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Westrock Coated Board LLC: how the 11.8M lbs splits
11.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 9.8M lbs 83.0%
- Land Disposal 1.7M lbs 14.1%
- Water Discharges 339.2K lbs 2.9%
Westrock Coated Board LLC's 11.8M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 83.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 14.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
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 AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Westrock Coated Board LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cottonton, AL, in the paper sector. It reported 2.1M lbs of releases across 19 chemicals in 2023, and 11.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 179 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: General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65; Fairburn Rm - Phenix City Plant; Johns Manville; Continental Carbon Co Phenix City. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Alabama: International Paper Bogalusa Mill; International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill; Westrock Virginia Corp; Domtar A.w. LLC Ashdown Mill. Other Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co sites in this extract: Westrock Texas LP; Westrock Southeast LLC; Westrock Cp LLC; Westrock Kraft Paper LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese compounds; Acetaldehyde.
Westrock Coated Board LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (83.0% air releases) across 22 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 11.8M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include International Paper Bogalusa Mill and International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill.
Westrock Coated Board LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
12M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Westrock Coated Board LLC inside Russell's TRI pounds
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Westrock Coated Board LLC reports the 14th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 93.6% of every pound reported in Russell. Scale peers outside Alabama include International Paper Bogalusa Mill and International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Russell's reported pounds (12.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Westrock Coated Board LLC's total reported releases fell from 2.3 million lb in 2022 to 2.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Coated Board LLC's water releases rose from 53.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 142.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Coated Board LLC's land releases fell from 182.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 92.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Westrock Coated Board LLC's air releases fell from 2.1 million lb in 2022 to 1.8 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Westrock Coated Board LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Westrock Coated Board LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 11.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 21% (2.6M lbs to 2.1M lbs).
Westrock Coated Board LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Westrock Coated Board LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 21% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.6M lbs | 17 |
| 2020 | 2.5M lbs | 18 |
| 2021 | 2.3M lbs | 19 |
| 2022 | 2.3M lbs | 18 |
| 2023 | 2.1M lbs | 19 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 22 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 6.8M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 1.7M lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 1.4M lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 568.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 300.5K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 248.3K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 236.2K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 221.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 196.2K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 89.9K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 41.6K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 17.1K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 12.6K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 4.9K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Cresol (mixed isomers) | 304 lbs | - |
| Catechol | 164 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 33 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 20 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 8 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Westrock Coated Board LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Westrock Coated Board LLC
Closest other reporters in Alabama - including General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65, Fairburn Rm - Phenix City Plant, Johns Manville, 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. International Paper Bogalusa Mill, International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill, Westrock Virginia Corp.
Compare beyond Alabama
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Westrock Coated Board LLC on cumulative reported pounds (11.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (22). Release-pound peers include Jbs Plainwell, Pryor Solae, Waupaca Foundry-Plant 5. Chemical-count peers include Seward Power Plant, Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC, Envirite of Pennsylvania Inc. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Westrock Texas LP, Westrock Southeast LLC, Westrock Cp LLC.
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 Methanol, Ammonia, Manganese compounds, Acetaldehyde; nearby reporters include General Shale Brick Inc. - Plant 65. Westrock Coated Board LLC stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Westrock Coated Board LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Westrock Coated Board LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cottonton, AL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 93.6% of Russell TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Jbs Plainwell (Δ 4.7K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Westrock Coated Board LLC stamps HEAVY volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol. 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