Total reported releases 2.0M lb held roughly steady year over year (-3%). Total releases concentrations are up 13% since 2010.
ALABAMA HWY 165, Cottonton, Alabama · 322120 · Paper · operated by Smurfit Westrock US Holding Co
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) releases at Westrock Coated Board LLC rose from 42k lb to 98k lb (2.4×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol concentrations are up 31% since 2010.
Ammonia concentrations have fallen 48% since 2010.
Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 24% since 2010.
Acetaldehyde concentrations are up 27% since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations have more than doubled since 2023.
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Hydrogen sulfide concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2012.
Russell County County, AL (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 58,849. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.