EPA TRI Facility · Nonmetallic Mineral Product
US Gypsum Co
Norfolk, VA · Parent: Usg Corp
- Total releases
- 77 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
US Gypsum Co: how the 77 lbs splits
77 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 77 lbs 100.0%
US Gypsum Co's 77 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Mercury compounds.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CLEAN
US Gypsum Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Norfolk, VA, in the nonmetallic mineral product sector. It reported 0 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2020, and 77 lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 16,807 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Virginia's 434 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. US Gypsum Co is pounds #331 and chemical-count #182 at 77 lbs. U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant leads reported pounds (50.1M lbs) at 12 chemicals (chemical-count #15). Axalta Coating Systems USA Llc-Front Royal Plant leads chemical count at 28 chemicals (244.6K lbs, pounds #59). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair; Colonna's Shipyard Inc; U.S. Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Perdue Agribusiness LLC - Chesapeake Va. Similar-scale Nonmetallic Mineral Product peers outside Virginia: Redlands Plant 3; Potters Industries LLC; Harsco Metals-Asa; Carolina Ready Mix & Builders Supply LLC - Swannanoa. 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 compounds; Lead compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
US Gypsum Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 77 lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Redlands Plant 3 and Potters Industries LLC.
US Gypsum Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
77 lbs 35th percentile higher than 35% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
US Gypsum Co in the Nonmetallic Mineral Product sector extract
Among the 3,265 Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities in this database, US Gypsum Co reports the 924th-largest volume (77 lbs). Scale peers outside Virginia include Redlands Plant 3 and Potters Industries LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
US Gypsum Co Form-R facts
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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 Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 77 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases decreased by 100% (76 lbs to 0 lbs).
US Gypsum Co: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows US Gypsum Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2020). 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 compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 76 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury compounds | 76 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lbs | - |
US Gypsum Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to US Gypsum Co
Closest other reporters in Virginia - including Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Colonna's Shipyard Inc, U.S. Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard, ordered by distance.
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Similar Nonmetallic Mineral Product Facilities
Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Virginia - e.g. Redlands Plant 3, Potters Industries LLC, Harsco Metals-Asa.
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 compounds, Lead compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Bae Systems Norfolk Ship Repair. US Gypsum Co 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.
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This US Gypsum Co TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CLEAN · lead Mercury compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
US Gypsum Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Norfolk, VA, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 327420 · Nonmetallic Mineral Product. 0.0% of Norfolk (city) TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Redlands Plant 3 (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
US Gypsum Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead 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