EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill
Chattanooga, TN · Parent: Sonoco Products Co
- Total releases
- 498 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill: how the 498 lbs splits
498 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 495 lbs 99.4%
- Air Releases 3 lbs 0.6%
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill's 498 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.6%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chattanooga, TN, in the paper sector. It reported 57 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 498 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 14,825 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill is pounds #455 and chemical-count #243 at 498 lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Applied Thermal Coatings Inc.; Astec - Manufacturers Road; Advanced Technical Ceramics Co; Royal Chemical Co. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Tennessee: Pratt Paper (ky) Llc/ Pratt (henderson Corrugating) LLC; Sonoco Wisconsin Rapids; Graphic Packaging International LLC; US Paper Mills Corp. Other Sonoco Products Co sites in this extract: Sonoco Products Co; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC; Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead compounds; Mercury compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.4% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 498 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Pratt Paper (ky) Llc/ Pratt (henderson Corrugating) LLC and Sonoco Wisconsin Rapids.
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
498 lbs 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill reports the 305th-largest volume (498 lbs). Scale peers outside Tennessee include Pratt Paper (ky) Llc/ Pratt (henderson Corrugating) LLC and Sonoco Wisconsin Rapids.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 498 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 69% (185 lbs to 57 lbs).
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill: 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 Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 69% 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 compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 185 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 153 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 42 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 61 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 57 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead compounds | 496 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill
Closest other reporters in Tennessee - including Applied Thermal Coatings Inc., Astec - Manufacturers Road, Advanced Technical Ceramics Co, ordered by distance.
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Tennessee - e.g. Pratt Paper (ky) Llc/ Pratt (henderson Corrugating) LLC, Sonoco Wisconsin Rapids, Graphic Packaging International LLC.
Other Sonoco Products Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sonoco Products Co, Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC, Sonoco Metal Packaging LLC.
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 compounds, Mercury compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include Applied Thermal Coatings Inc.. Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chattanooga, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322130 · Paper. 0.0% of Hamilton TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Spartech LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sonoco Products Co Chattanooga Tn Mill stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead 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