EPA TRI Facility · Paper

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC

Halsey, OR · Parent: Koch Inc.

Total releases
480.7K lbs
Chemicals reported
3
Latest report
2023
Primary pathway
Water Discharges

WATER Form-R mix

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC: how the 480.7K lbs splits

480.7K lbs across all reported pathways

  • Water Discharges 480.2K lbs 99.9%
  • Land Disposal 497 lbs 0.1%
  • Air Releases 0 lbs <0.1%

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's 480.7K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 99.9% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).

MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Halsey, OR, in the paper sector. It reported 74.0K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 480.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,000 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Oregon's 285 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC is pounds #20 and chemical-count #107 at 480.7K lbs. Dyno Nobel- St.helens Plant leads reported pounds (32.0M lbs) at 6 chemicals (chemical-count #39). Chemical Waste Management of the Northwest Inc. leads chemical count at 56 chemicals (15.6M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cascade Pacific Pulp Halsey Pulp Mill; Green & White; Harrisburg Ps; Oregon Rubber Mills Co. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Oregon: 3M Co - Knoxville; Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson LLC; Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations; Nd Paper Inc.. Other Koch Inc. sites in this extract: Alabama River Cellulose LLC; Georgia-Pacific Naheola LLC; Foley Cellulose LLC; Georgia-Pacific Monticello LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.

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Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (99.9% water discharges) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 480.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include 3M Co - Knoxville and Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson LLC.

#2,000 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by total reported releases - among the top 7.7% of reporting sites by volume. Ranking reflects reported pounds, not toxicity or health risk.

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility

Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution

481K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities

This facility 0 lbs 20M+ lbs every reporting TRI facility, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume

Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC reports the 130th-largest volume (480.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is more than 99.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Oregon include 3M Co - Knoxville and Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson LLC.

Concentrated means ≥60% of Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at more than 99.9%. Not a toxicity score.

Annual disclosure change

What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023
  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's total reported releases fell from 190.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 74.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's land releases fell from 496 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC's water releases fell from 190.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 74.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC Form-R facts

Sector
Paper
MID volume
480.7K lbs
WATER pathway
Water Discharges
CLEAN chem count
3
Lead chemical
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

Compare this facility

See how Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.

Total reported releases
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
480.7K lbs
Cascade Pacific Pulp Halsey Pulp Mill
5.3M lbs

91% less than the comparison

Chemicals reported
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
3
Cascade Pacific Pulp Halsey Pulp Mill
19

84% less than the comparison

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 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 480.7K lbs.

Water Discharges 480.2K lbs (99.9%)
Land Disposal 497 lbs (0.1%)
Air Releases 0 lbs (<0.1%)
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Emissions Trend Summary

From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 236% (22.0K lbs to 74.0K lbs).

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC: annual Form-R pounds

MID site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023

million lbs

What this shows Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 236% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).

Source EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
Year Total Chemicals
2019 22.0K lbs 2
2020 21.0K lbs 1
2021 173.2K lbs 1
2022 190.5K lbs 1
2023 74.0K lbs 2

Chemical Releases

Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.

Chemical Total Flags
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 480.7K lbs -
Lead compounds 1 lbs -
Lead And Lead Compounds 1 lbs -

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC · WATER-pathway site

Halsey, OR
44.4033, -123.1888
County TRI context
Linn · 3.1% of county pounds
Parent company
Koch Inc.

Compare beyond Oregon

Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count

Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC on cumulative reported pounds (480.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant, Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc, Rexam Beverage Can Co Re: Phoenix Facility. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.

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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Cascade Pacific Pulp Halsey Pulp Mill. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps MID volume · WATER 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 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC TRI extract (MID · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) 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 Halsey, OR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 3.1% of Linn TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Carson Plant (Δ 74 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.

Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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