EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Westrock Converting LLC
Sheldon Springs, VT · Parent: Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co
- Total releases
- 30 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Westrock Converting LLC: how the 39 lbs splits
39 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 35 lbs 90.0%
- Air Releases 2 lbs 5.5%
- Water Discharges 2 lbs 4.5%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Westrock Converting LLC's 39 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Westrock Converting LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Sheldon Springs, VT, in the paper sector. It reported 9 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 30 lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 17,634 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Vermont's 35 reporting TRI sites, Globalfoundries U.S. 2 LLC - Vermont Facility leads both reported pounds (798.3K lbs) and chemical count (10 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: St Albans Creamery LLC; Mylan Technologies Inc; Franklin Foods; Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc St Albans. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Vermont: The Newark Group Inc. DBA Greif Inc.; Willamette Falls Paper Co; Mobile Paperboard Corp; The Procter & Gamble Paper Products Co. Other Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co sites in this extract: Westrock Coated Board LLC; Westrock Texas LP; Westrock Southeast LLC; Westrock Cp LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Benzo[g,h,i]perylene.
Westrock Converting LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 30 lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include The Newark Group Inc. DBA Greif Inc. and Willamette Falls Paper Co.
Westrock Converting LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
30 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Westrock Converting LLC in the Paper sector extract
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Westrock Converting LLC reports the 339th-largest volume (30 lbs). Scale peers outside Vermont include The Newark Group Inc. DBA Greif Inc. and Willamette Falls Paper Co.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Westrock Converting LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Westrock Converting LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 39 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 18% (8 lbs to 9 lbs).
Westrock Converting LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Westrock Converting LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 18% from 2019 to 2024). 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 And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 11 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 5 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 21 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 19 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | - |
| Chlorine dioxide | 0 lbs | - |
Westrock Converting LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Vermont - e.g. The Newark Group Inc. DBA Greif Inc., Willamette Falls Paper Co, Mobile Paperboard Corp.
Other Smurfit Westrock U.S. Holding Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Westrock Coated Board LLC, Westrock Texas LP, Westrock Southeast 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 And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene; nearby reporters include St Albans Creamery LLC. Westrock Converting LLC 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 Westrock Converting LLC TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Westrock Converting LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Sheldon Springs, VT, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 322130 · Paper. 0.0% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tenaska Georgia Partners LP (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Westrock Converting LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead And 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