EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Usgypsum Co Galena Park
Galena Park, TX · Parent: Usg Corp
- Total releases
- 5.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Usgypsum Co Galena Park: how the 5.6K lbs splits
5.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.0K lbs 71.5%
- Land Disposal 871 lbs 15.4%
- Water Discharges 456 lbs 8.1%
- Air Releases 282 lbs 5.0%
Usgypsum Co Galena Park's 5.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 71.5% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at 15.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Usgypsum Co Galena Park is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Galena Park, TX, in the paper sector. It reported 1.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 5.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 10,963 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. Usgypsum Co Galena Park is pounds #1056 and chemical-count #688 at 5.6K 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). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery; Valero Houston Asphalt Terminal; Texmark Chemicals Inc. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Texas: Ox Paperboard LLC; Ahlstrom Coated Products LLC; Impressions Inc; Itw Shinemark. Other Usg Corp sites in this extract: Usg Paper LLC; American Metals Corp; Otsego Paper Inc.; Usg Interiors LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Mercury And Mercury Compounds; Mercury compounds; Lead compounds.
Usgypsum Co Galena Park stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (71.5% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ox Paperboard LLC and Ahlstrom Coated Products LLC.
Usgypsum Co Galena Park vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.6K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Usgypsum Co Galena Park: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Usgypsum Co Galena Park reports the 268th-largest volume (5.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 97.2% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Ox Paperboard LLC and Ahlstrom Coated Products LLC.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Usgypsum Co Galena Park's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 97.2%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Usgypsum Co Galena Park's total reported releases rose from 1.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Usgypsum Co Galena Park's land releases fell from 203 lb in 2022 to 131 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Usgypsum Co Galena Park's water releases fell from 105 lb in 2022 to 68 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Usgypsum Co Galena Park's off-site transfers rose from 1.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Usgypsum Co Galena Park Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Usgypsum Co Galena Park releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 74% (824 lbs to 1.4K lbs).
Usgypsum Co Galena Park: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Usgypsum Co Galena Park year-over-year reported totals (increased by 74% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 824 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 672 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 1.3K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 1.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 5.5K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 77 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 54 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 17 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 13 lbs | - |
Usgypsum Co Galena Park · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Usgypsum Co Galena Park on cumulative reported pounds (5.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Tms International Llc/new Castle Plt, Chase Products Co, Blast Cleaning Technologies. 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.
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Similar chemical count
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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 Zinc compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Mercury compounds, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Valero Refining - Texas L.P. Houston Refinery. Usgypsum Co Galena Park 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 Usgypsum Co Galena Park TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Usgypsum Co Galena Park totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Galena Park, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 0.0% of Harris TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tms International Llc/new Castle Plt (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Usgypsum Co Galena Park stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc 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