EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Ponderay Newsprint Co
Usk, WA
- Total releases
- 266.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Ponderay Newsprint Co: how the 266.8K lbs splits
266.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 193.5K lbs 72.5%
- Air Releases 73.1K lbs 27.4%
- Off-site Transfers 297 lbs 0.1%
Ponderay Newsprint Co's 266.8K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 72.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 27.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
MID volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Ponderay Newsprint Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Usk, WA, in the paper sector. It reported 266.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 2,767 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ponderay Newsprint Co is pounds #46 and chemical-count #79 at 266.8K lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Safran Cabin Materials LLC; Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Srp Elk Pit; Vaagen Brothers Lumber; Hewes Marine Co Inc.. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Washington: Nd Paper Inc - Biron Div; Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div; Pratt Industries Mill Div Conyers; International Paper Co Cedar River Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Methanol; Hydrogen sulfide; Lead compounds.
Ponderay Newsprint Co stamps MID volume with a dominant WATER pathway (72.5% water discharges) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 266.8K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Nd Paper Inc - Biron Div and Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div.
Ponderay Newsprint Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
267K lbs Top 11% higher than 89% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ponderay Newsprint Co: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Ponderay Newsprint Co reports the 141st-largest volume (266.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 70.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Nd Paper Inc - Biron Div and Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ponderay Newsprint Co's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 70.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Ponderay Newsprint Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ponderay Newsprint Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 266.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 188.9K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 72.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 5.3K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 305 lbs | - |
Ponderay Newsprint Co · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ponderay Newsprint Co
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Safran Cabin Materials LLC, Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Srp Elk Pit, Vaagen Brothers Lumber, ordered by distance.
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Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Nd Paper Inc - Biron Div, Illinois Tool Works Coding Products Div, Pratt Industries Mill Div Conyers.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ponderay Newsprint Co on cumulative reported pounds (266.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Mexichem Fluor Inc, Ppg Coatings Services Detroit, Org Chem Group LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol, Hydrogen sulfide, Lead compounds; nearby reporters include Safran Cabin Materials LLC. Ponderay Newsprint Co stamps MID volume · WATER 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 Ponderay Newsprint Co TRI extract (MID · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ponderay Newsprint Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Usk, WA, latest year 2019. NAICS 322122 · Paper. 4.3% of Pend Oreille TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mexichem Fluor Inc (Δ 36 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ponderay Newsprint Co stamps MID volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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