EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
Bowling Green, KY · Parent: Koch Industries Inc
- Total releases
- 158 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC: how the 158 lbs splits
158 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 158 lbs 100.0%
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's 158 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bowling Green, KY, in the paper sector. It reported 158 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2021. That ranks 16,099 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC is pounds #360 and chemical-count #402 at 158 lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Henkel US Operations Corp; Sherwin-Williams Co; Owl's Head Alloys Inc.; Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Kentucky: Swm Holdings US LLC; Ox Paperboard Eaton Llc.; Nissha Metallizing Solutions; Caraustar Mill Group Inc. 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: Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 158 lbs (2021–2021). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Swm Holdings US LLC and Ox Paperboard Eaton Llc..
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
158 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% 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 in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC reports the 327th-largest volume (158 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Swm Holdings US LLC and Ox Paperboard Eaton Llc..
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 158 lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2021–2021). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 158 lbs | Carcinogen |
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Henkel US Operations Corp, Sherwin-Williams Co, Owl's Head Alloys Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Swm Holdings US LLC, Ox Paperboard Eaton Llc., Nissha Metallizing Solutions.
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 Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Henkel US Operations Corp. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic compounds) 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 Bowling Green, KY, latest year 2021. NAICS 322219 · Paper. 0.0% of Warren TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Boeing A&m Moses Lake (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Polycyclic aromatic 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