EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Verso Luke LLC
Luke, MD · Parent: Verso Corp
- Total releases
- 634.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 25
- Carcinogens
- 6
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Verso Luke LLC: how the 634.8K lbs splits
634.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 440.3K lbs 69.4%
- Off-site Transfers 194.5K lbs 30.6%
Verso Luke LLC's 634.8K lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 69.4% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 30.6%. 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.
MID volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Verso Luke LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Luke, MD, in the paper sector. It reported 634.8K lbs of releases across 25 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 1,685 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maryland's 152 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Verso Luke LLC is pounds #8 and chemical-count #2 at 634.8K lbs. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds (9.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #37). Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (560.1K lbs, pounds #9). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Aes Warrior Run Inc; Mettiki Coal LLC; Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant; Certainteed Corp. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Maryland: Republic Paperboard Co.; Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div; Kimberly-Clark Corp; Ideal Tape Co. Other Verso Corp sites in this extract: Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Ammonia.
Verso Luke LLC is a MID · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Luke, MD: 634.8K lbs across 25 chemicals (6 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 69.4%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Republic Paperboard Co. and Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div.
Verso Luke LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
635K lbs Top 6% higher than 94% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Verso Luke LLC in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Verso Luke LLC reports the 121st-largest volume (634.8K lbs). Scale peers outside Maryland include Republic Paperboard Co. and Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Verso Luke LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Verso Luke LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 634.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). 6 of 25 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Verso Luke LLC in Allegany
Nearest TRI Facilities to Verso Luke LLC
Closest other reporters in Maryland - including Aes Warrior Run Inc, Mettiki Coal LLC, Redland Brick Inc Cushwa Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 151 other reporting facilities in Maryland.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maryland - e.g. Republic Paperboard Co., Avery Dennison Corp Specialty Tape Div, Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Compare beyond Maryland
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Verso Luke LLC on cumulative reported pounds (634.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (25). Release-pound peers include Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex, American Acryl LP, 3M Chemical Operations' Cordova Facility. Chemical-count peers include Aes Puerto Rico LP, Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center, Fort Martin Power Station. 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.
- Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex Springdale, PA · Chemicals 634.9K lbs reported
- American Acryl LP Seabrook, TX · Chemicals 634.5K lbs reported
- 3M Chemical Operations' Cordova Facility Cordova, IL · Chemicals 634.2K lbs reported
- Gateway Energy & Coke Co Granite City, IL · Petroleum 634.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Verso Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Wisconsin Rapids Paper Mill.
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, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia; nearby reporters include Aes Warrior Run Inc. Verso Luke LLC stamps MID volume · MIXED 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 Verso Luke LLC TRI extract (MID · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Verso Luke LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Luke, MD, latest year 2019. NAICS 322121 · Paper. 22.8% of Allegany TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ppg Industriesinc-Springdale Complex (Δ 95 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Verso Luke LLC stamps MID · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 69.4%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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