EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
US Gypsum Co
East Chicago, IN · Parent: Usg Corp
- Total releases
- 403 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
US Gypsum Co: how the 403 lbs splits
403 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 347 lbs 86.1%
- Off-site Transfers 56 lbs 13.8%
- Water Discharges 0 lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
US Gypsum Co's 403 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 86.1% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 13.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
US Gypsum Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Chicago, IN, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 79 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 403 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,058 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. US Gypsum Co is pounds #662 and chemical-count #326 at 403 lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC; Phoenix Global; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.; Uss East Chicago Tin. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Indiana: Georgia Pacific Gypsum Llc- Savannah; James Hardie Building Products Tacoma; Gold Bond Building Products - Medicine Lodge; Amcor Masonry Products. Other Usg Corp sites in this extract: Usg Paper LLC; American Metals Corp; Otsego Paper Inc.; Usg Interiors LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
US Gypsum Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (86.1% air releases) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 403 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Georgia Pacific Gypsum Llc- Savannah and James Hardie Building Products Tacoma.
US Gypsum Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
403 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
US Gypsum Co in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, US Gypsum Co reports the 736th-largest volume, placing it in the top 22.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Indiana include Georgia Pacific Gypsum Llc- Savannah and James Hardie Building Products Tacoma.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
US Gypsum Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How US Gypsum Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 403 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 14% (69 lbs to 79 lbs).
US Gypsum Co: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows US Gypsum Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 14% 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: Mercury compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 69 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 68 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 103 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 84 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 79 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury compounds | 288 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 74 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 37 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 6 lbs | - |
US Gypsum Co · AIR-pathway site
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
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Other Usg Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Usg Paper LLC, American Metals Corp, Otsego Paper Inc..
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 Mercury compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC. US Gypsum Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This US Gypsum Co TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Mercury compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
US Gypsum Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Chicago, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327420 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Rainier Ballistics LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
US Gypsum Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Mercury compounds. 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