PERI: Toxic 100 Water Polluters Index

Packaging Corporation of America

Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 23
Surface Water releases 2021 (lbs): 1,097,174
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2021 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2021: 551,201,647
Percentage of national total 2021 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.1%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 46%
EJ: Minority Share: 17%

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Facility Name	City	State	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard	EJ: Near Poor Share	EJ: Minority Share	EJ: Black Share	EJ: Hispanic Share	Split *
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC	JACKSON	AL	149,261	0	134,928,940	24.48%	39.7%	46.4%	40.2%	1.6%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA	CLYATTVILLE	GA	24,306	0	23,205,100	4.21%	52.4%	28.4%	19.8%	6.7%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC	WALLULA	WA	97,207	0	64,693,404	11.74%	35.7%	27.3%	0.9%	21.3%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA - DERIDDER MILL	DERIDDER	LA	311,750	0	19,137,178	3.47%	38.4%	15.7%	7.7%	5.9%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERI CA	TOMAHAWK	WI	179,158	0	2,262,344	0.41%	29.4%	9.1%	0.8%	2.5%
BOISE WHITE PAPER LLC	INTERNATIONAL FALLS	MN	46,814	0	41,430,200	7.52%	31.7%	6.7%	0.5%	0.3%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COUNCE MILL	COUNCE	TN	54,563	0	258,660,965	46.93%	40.1%	4.5%	1.5%	2.0%
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA	FILER CITY	MI	234,116	0	6,883,516	1.25%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

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 2021, 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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