EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
Palatka, FL · Parent: Koch Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 3.2M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC: how the 3.2M lbs splits
3.2M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 2.9M lbs 90.3%
- Land Disposal 247.0K lbs 7.8%
- Water Discharges 60.7K lbs 1.9%
- Off-site Transfers 7 lbs <0.1%
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's 3.2M lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 90.3% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 7.8%. 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
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Palatka, FL, in the paper sector. It reported 578.6K lbs of releases across 17 chemicals in 2023, and 3.2M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 606 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Florida's 659 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC is pounds #13 and chemical-count #10 at 3.2M lbs. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC leads reported pounds (116.3M lbs) at 27 chemicals (chemical-count #2). Duke Energy Florida Llc-Crystal River Power Plant leads chemical count at 31 chemicals (2.4M lbs, pounds #15). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tpg Pressure - Palatka; Veritas Steel; Certainteed Gypsum Palatka LLC; Seminole Generating Station. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Florida: Packaging Corp of America; Packaging Corp of Ameri Ca; Ahlstrom Filtration LLC; Hood Container of Louisiana LLC - St Francisville Mill. Other Koch Industries Inc sites in this extract: Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC; Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC; Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site; Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese compounds; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant AIR pathway (90.3% air releases) across 21 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 3.2M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Packaging Corp of America and Packaging Corp of Ameri Ca.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
3.2M lbs Top 2% higher than 98% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC inside Putnam's TRI pounds
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC reports the 79th-largest volume, placing it in the top 20.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 30.8% of every pound reported in Putnam. Scale peers outside Florida include Packaging Corp of America and Packaging Corp of Ameri Ca.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Putnam's reported pounds (10.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's total reported releases fell from 585.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 578.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's water releases rose from 11.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 17.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's land releases fell from 38.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 20.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's chemicals reported rose from 16 in 2022 to 17 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Form-R facts
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21.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 3.2M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 24% (759.9K lbs to 578.6K lbs).
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 24% 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 | 759.9K lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 623.8K lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 635.6K lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 585.1K lbs | 16 |
| 2023 | 578.6K lbs | 17 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 1.8M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 416.8K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 198.3K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 189.7K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 173.1K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 170.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formaldehyde | 61.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenol | 51.1K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 40.8K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 22.5K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 3.9K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1.8K lbs | - |
| Formic acid | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 1.1K lbs | - |
| Chlorine dioxide | 849 lbs | - |
| 1,3-Dichloro-2-propanol | 173 lbs | - |
| Catechol | 116 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 105 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 0 lbs | - |
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
Closest other reporters in Florida - including Tpg Pressure - Palatka, Veritas Steel, Certainteed Gypsum Palatka LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Florida - e.g. Packaging Corp of America, Packaging Corp of Ameri Ca, Ahlstrom Filtration LLC.
Compare beyond Florida
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC on cumulative reported pounds (3.2M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Chs Mankato, Ross Incineration Services Inc, Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables LLC. Chemical-count peers include Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant. 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 Koch Industries Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Koch Fertilizer Enid LLC, Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC, Inv Nylon Chemicals Americas Orange Site.
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, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); nearby reporters include Tpg Pressure - Palatka. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations 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 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Palatka, FL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 30.8% of Putnam TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Chs Mankato (Δ 406 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations 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