EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Duluth Paper Mill
Duluth, MN · Parent: Verso Paper Corp
- Total releases
- 87.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Duluth Paper Mill: how the 87.5K lbs splits
87.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 75.3K lbs 86.0%
- Air Releases 12.2K lbs 14.0%
Duluth Paper Mill's 87.5K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 86.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 14.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Duluth Paper Mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Duluth, MN, in the paper sector. It reported 28.3K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2020, and 87.5K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 4,877 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Minnesota's 459 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Duluth Paper Mill is pounds #109 and chemical-count #97 at 87.5K lbs. Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant leads reported pounds (21.5M lbs) at 24 chemicals (chemical-count #4). 3M Chemical Operations' Cottage Grove Facility leads chemical count at 72 chemicals (3.0M lbs, pounds #8). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Hibbard Renewable Energy Center; Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Duluth; Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc; Altec Industries Inc.. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Minnesota: Menominee Acquisition Corp DBA Dunn Paper-Menominee; Hexcel Corp; Hollingsworth & Vose Co West Groton; 3 Sigma LLC Plant 3. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ethylene glycol; Lead And Lead Compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
Duluth Paper Mill stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (86.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 87.5K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Menominee Acquisition Corp DBA Dunn Paper-Menominee and Hexcel Corp.
Duluth Paper Mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
88K lbs Top 19% higher than 81% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Duluth Paper Mill: Methanol-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Duluth Paper Mill reports the 177th-largest volume (87.5K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 96.3% of the total. Scale peers outside Minnesota include Menominee Acquisition Corp DBA Dunn Paper-Menominee and Hexcel Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Duluth Paper Mill's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 96.3%. Not a toxicity score.
Duluth Paper Mill Form-R facts
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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 Duluth Paper Mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 87.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 52% (59.2K lbs to 28.3K lbs).
Duluth Paper Mill: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Duluth Paper Mill year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 52% from 2019 to 2020). 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 | 59.2K lbs | 5 |
| 2020 | 28.3K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 84.2K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 803 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 2 lbs | - |
| Potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate | 0 lbs | - |
Duluth Paper Mill · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Minnesota - including Hibbard Renewable Energy Center, Primary Products Ingredients Americas LLC - Duluth, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc, ordered by distance.
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Minnesota - e.g. Menominee Acquisition Corp DBA Dunn Paper-Menominee, Hexcel Corp, Hollingsworth & Vose Co West Groton.
Compare beyond Minnesota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Duluth Paper Mill on cumulative reported pounds (87.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Toray Composite Materials (america) Inc., Solenis LLC, Ecc Corrosion Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. 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.
- Toray Composite Materials (america) Inc. Decatur, AL · Electrical Equipment 87.5K lbs reported
- Solenis LLC Courtland, VA · Chemicals 87.5K lbs reported
- Ecc Corrosion Inc. Wisconsin Rapids, WI · Plastics and Rubber 87.6K lbs reported
- Carfair Composites USA Inc. - Wausaukee Wausaukee, WI · Plastics and Rubber 87.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
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, Ethylene glycol, Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds; nearby reporters include Hibbard Renewable Energy Center. Duluth Paper Mill stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Duluth Paper Mill TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Duluth Paper Mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Duluth, MN, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 5.7% of St. Louis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Toray Composite Materials (america) Inc. (Δ 27 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Duluth Paper Mill stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · 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