Packaging Corporation of America

Rank in Toxic 100 Water Polluters: 28
Surface Water releases 2022 (lbs): 1,023,028
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2022 (lbs): 0
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2022: 462,531,627
Percentage of national total 2022 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.2%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 43%
EJ: Minority Share: 21%

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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.)	1,538	0	233,928,000	50.58%
Acetaldehyde	21,450	0	169,455,000	36.64%
Lead compounds	1,979	0	35,625,600	7.70%
Vanadium compounds	974	0	13,636,000	2.95%
Hydrogen sulfide	1,847	0	3,324,600	0.72%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	16	0	2,880,000	0.62%
Catechol	226	0	2,033,100	0.44%
Manganese compounds	109,280	0	775,888	0.17%
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)	752,325	0	473,965	0.10%
Certain glycol ethers	1,350	0	243,000	0.05%
Nickel compounds	610	0	55,510	0.01%
Methanol	53,742	0	53,742	0.01%
Zinc compounds	6,025	0	19,883	0.00%
Formaldehyde	3,758	0	18,790	0.00%
Mercury	0	0	4,000	0.00%
Mercury compounds	0	0	3,500	0.00%
Formic acid	1,900	0	950	0.00%
Phenol	22	0	74	0.00%
Benzene	0	0	20	0.00%
Toluene	1	0	7	0.00%
Ammonia (includes anhydrous ammonia and aqueous ammonia from water dissociable ammonium salts and other sources; 10 percent of total aqueous ammonia is reportable under this listing)	65,984	0	0	0.00%

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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 2022, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project.

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.

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