EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Liberty Paper Inc
Becker, MN · Parent: Liberty Diversified International
- Total releases
- 955 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Liberty Paper Inc: how the 955 lbs splits
955 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 834 lbs 87.4%
- Air Releases 120 lbs 12.6%
Liberty Paper Inc's 955 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 87.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 12.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-HEAVY
Liberty Paper Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Becker, MN, in the paper sector. It reported 106 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 955 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 13,939 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. Liberty Paper Inc is pounds #294 and chemical-count #285 at 955 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). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant; Wsi Industries; Knife River Albertville Ready Mix; New Flyer of America. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Minnesota: Box-Board Products; Sonoco Richmond; Westrock Container LLC; Jackson Paper Manufacturing. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Liberty Paper Inc stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (87.4% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 955 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Box-Board Products and Sonoco Richmond.
Liberty Paper Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
955 lbs 46th percentile higher than 46% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Liberty Paper Inc in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Liberty Paper Inc reports the 295th-largest volume (955 lbs). Scale peers outside Minnesota include Box-Board Products and Sonoco Richmond.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Liberty Paper Inc's total reported releases fell from 232 lb in 2022 to 106 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Liberty Paper Inc's air releases fell from 120 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Liberty Paper Inc's chemicals reported fell from 2 in 2022 to 1 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Liberty Paper Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Liberty Paper Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 955 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 44% (190 lbs to 106 lbs).
Liberty Paper Inc: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Liberty Paper Inc year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 44% 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 190 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 178 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 249 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 232 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 106 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 2 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 833 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 122 lbs | Carcinogen |
Liberty Paper Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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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 Lead, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Xcel Energy Sherburne County Generating Plant. Liberty Paper Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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 Liberty Paper Inc TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Liberty Paper Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Becker, MN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322130 · Paper. 0.0% of Sherburne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Blp Holdings (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Liberty Paper Inc stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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