TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Packaging Corp Of America - Deridder Mill

Total reported releases 1.0M lb rose modestly year over year (+10%). Total releases concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

4200 US HWY 190 W, Deridder, Louisiana · 322130 · Paper · operated by Packaging CORP Of America

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 1.0M.2.1M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'241.0M
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Acetaldehyde

Acetaldehyde at Packaging Corp Of America - Deridder Mill have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Methanol

Methanol at Packaging Corp Of America - Deridder Mill have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Total reported releases

Total reported releases at Packaging Corp Of America - Deridder Mill have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS 67-56-1

Methanol

453k lb · +6% YoY

Methanol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N511

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)

297k lb · +17% YoY

Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 11% since 2019.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

120k lb · +15% YoY

Ammonia concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.

GENERALCAS 7783-06-4

Hydrogen sulfide

53k lb · +7% YoY

Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have fallen 13% since 2012.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese And Manganese Compounds

21k lb · +5% YoY

Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 1319-77-3

Cresol (mixed isomers)

21k lb · +11% YoY

Cresol (mixed isomers) concentrations have fallen 23% since 2010.

CARCINOGENCAS 75-07-0

Acetaldehyde

17k lb · +5% YoY

Acetaldehyde concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 108-95-2

Phenol

7k lb · +3% YoY

Phenol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Beauregard Parish County, LA (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 36,553. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
13.3%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
20.8%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
6.5%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
15.7%

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.