EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
US Gypsum
Sweetwater, TX · Parent: Usg Corp
- Total releases
- 59 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
US Gypsum: how the 59 lbs splits
59 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 59 lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
US Gypsum's 59 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
US Gypsum is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sweetwater, TX, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 12 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 59 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,042 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. US Gypsum is pounds #1542 and chemical-count #896 at 59 lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC; Pvs Dx Inc; Lone Star Industries DBA Buzzi Unicem USA; Gold Bond Building Products - Rotan. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Texas: St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC; Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC; Knife River Materials Yard; Gold Bond Building Products - Westwego. Other Usg Corp sites in this extract: Usg Paper LLC; American Metals Corp; Otsego Paper Inc.; Usg Interiors LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Mercury And Mercury Compounds; Mercury compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds.
US Gypsum stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 59 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC and Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
US Gypsum vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
59 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
US Gypsum in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, US Gypsum reports the 957th-largest volume (59 lbs). Scale peers outside Texas include St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC and Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
US Gypsum Form-R facts
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15% less than the comparison
4.0× more 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 US Gypsum releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 59 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 5% (12 lbs to 12 lbs).
US Gypsum: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows US Gypsum year-over-year reported totals (increased by 5% 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: Mercury And Mercury Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 11 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 12 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 32 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 21 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 4 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 3 lbs | - |
US Gypsum · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to US Gypsum
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, Pvs Dx Inc, Lone Star Industries DBA Buzzi Unicem USA, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. St. Marys Cement U.S. LLC, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC, Knife River Materials Yard.
Other Usg Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Usg Paper LLC, American Metals Corp, Otsego Paper Inc..
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 Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Mercury compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC. US Gypsum stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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 US Gypsum TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Mercury And Mercury Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
US Gypsum totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sweetwater, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 327420 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Nolan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Helgesen Industries Iw Plant (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
US Gypsum stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Mercury And Mercury 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