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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 37
Surface Water releases 2020 (lbs): 1,334,114
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2020 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2020: 457,619,803
Percentage of national total 2020 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 45%
EJ: Minority Share: 5%

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PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 920 0 128,800,000 28.15%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Acetaldehyde 16,100 0 127,190,000 27.79%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Acetaldehyde 5,434 0 42,928,600 9.38%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Acetaldehyde 5,200 0 41,080,000 8.98%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 136 0 23,086,000 5.04%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Acetaldehyde 2,804 0 22,151,600 4.84%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Acetaldehyde 2,600 0 20,540,000 4.49%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Lead compounds 790 0 14,220,000 3.11%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Lead compounds 770 0 13,860,000 3.03%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Acetaldehyde 691 0 5,458,900 1.19%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Polycyclic aromatic compounds 16 0 2,880,000 0.63%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Hydrogen sulfide 1,290 0 2,322,000 0.51%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERI CA TOMAHAWK WI Lead compounds 104 0 1,879,200 0.41%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Acetaldehyde 200 0 1,580,000 0.35%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Lead compounds 85 0 1,526,400 0.33%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processi 8 0 1,326,000 0.29%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Lead compounds 46 0 828,000 0.18%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Lead compounds 32 0 576,000 0.13%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Catechol 59 0 531,000 0.12%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Catechol 55 0 495,000 0.11%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Hydrogen sulfide 270 0 486,000 0.11%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Catechol 47 0 423,000 0.09%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Hydrogen sulfide 204 0 367,200 0.08%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Hydrogen sulfide 170 0 306,000 0.07%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Catechol 30 0 269,100 0.06%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Manganese compounds 35,700 0 253,470 0.06%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERI CA TOMAHAWK WI Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 328,954 0 207,242 0.05%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Certain glycol ethers 1,070 0 192,600 0.04%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Catechol 20 0 180,000 0.04%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 270,000 0 170,100 0.04%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Manganese compounds 23,900 0 169,690 0.04%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Catechol 17 0 153,000 0.03%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 233,475 0 147,089 0.03%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Manganese compounds 20,337 0 144,393 0.03%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Vanadium compounds 970 0 135,800 0.03%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Manganese compounds 16,800 0 119,280 0.03%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Manganese compounds 16,400 0 116,440 0.03%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Manganese compounds 16,053 0 113,976 0.02%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERI CA TOMAHAWK WI Manganese compounds 13,392 0 95,083 0.02%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Methanol 76,559 0 76,559 0.02%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 102,000 0 64,260 0.01%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Nickel compounds 370 0 33,670 0.01%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Hydrogen sulfide 17 0 30,600 0.01%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Zinc compounds 5,600 0 18,480 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds (Manufacturing; and the processing or otherwise use of dioxin and dioxin like compounds if the dioxin and dioxin like 0 0 15,475 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) 22,900 0 14,427 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Zinc compounds 2,400 0 7,920 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Formaldehyde 1,491 0 7,455 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Nickel compounds 59 0 5,324 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Formaldehyde 1,000 0 5,000 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Zinc compounds 1,500 0 4,950 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Zinc compounds 1,460 0 4,818 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Formaldehyde 790 0 3,950 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Formaldehyde 770 0 3,850 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Mercury compounds 0 0 3,500 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Formaldehyde 660 0 3,300 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Formaldehyde 496 0 2,480 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Formaldehyde 421 0 2,105 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Methanol 1,230 0 1,230 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Methanol 1,006 0 1,006 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Formic acid 2,000 0 1,000 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Formic acid 270 0 135 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Phenol 18 0 59 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Formic acid 83 0 42 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Benzene 0 0 20 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Phenol 5 0 18 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA FILER CITY MI Toluene 1 0 7 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA CLYATTVILLE GA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 1,601 0 0 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC JACKSON AL Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 30,700 0 0 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL COUNCE TN Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 15,020 0 0 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERI CA TOMAHAWK WI Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 2,227 0 0 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 8,800 0 0 0.00%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL DERIDDER LA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 740 0 0 0.00%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC WALLULA WA Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia i 36,772 0 0 0.00%

For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2020, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

* Split: if 50% appears in this column, then the facility's releases have been split among two 50/50% ownership parent companies for their parent company data, although the full pounds and hazard are displayed here.

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