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Environmental Release Report: GAYLORD CONTAINER CORP.
 
 
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  • 2002 Rankings: Major Chemical Releases or Waste Generation at This Facility*
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    *Note: These rankings are based on chemical releases and transfers reported by industrial facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory, and do not take into account major sources of pollution or toxic chemicals that are not covered by TRI.

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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Ranked by Potential Human Health Risks
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  • 2002 TRI Pollution Releases Sorted by Health Effect*
    • Air Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)    		 Water Releases
    (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Recognized Carcinogens 142,966 1,966
    Suspected Carcinogens 427 13
    Suspected Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicants 15,933 939
    Recognized Developmental Toxicants 1,403 630
    Suspected Developmental Toxicants 1,471,630 5,610
    Suspected Immunotoxicants 212,966 6,366
    Suspected Kidney Toxicants 1,472,936 6,240
    Suspected Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicants 1,562,566 18,269
    Suspected Musculoskeletal Toxicants 103,000
    Suspected Neurotoxicants 1,633,763 63,916
    Recognized Reproductive Toxicants 1,306 630
    Suspected Reproductive Toxicants 175,260 57,893
    Suspected Respiratory Toxicants 1,747,690 67,653
    Suspected Skin or Sense Organ Toxicants 1,727,690 24,299

    *Note: Some chemicals are associated with more than one health effect, so their release may be counted multiple times in this table. Therefore, it is not appropriate to sum releases sorted by health effect. Total reported releases to air and water are provided in the data summary below.
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  • What We Don't Know About Chemical Safety and Harm
    • Air Releases
    6 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    218 TRI chemicals released to air in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
    Water Releases
    5 TRI chems released to water in the United States lack the risk assessment values required for safety assessment
    172 TRI chemicals released to water in the United States lack the exposure estimates required for safety assessment
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  • TRI Data Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Pounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    1988 128,200 11,600 0 0 139,800 0 NA
    1989 113,500 12,700 0 0 126,200 0 NA
    1990 125,840 11,520 0 0 137,360 0 NA
    1991 1,664,300 14,200 0 0 1,678,500 0 9,811,400
    1992 1,017,080 15,230 0 0 1,032,310 0 9,502,680
    1993 1,175,460 16,130 0 0 1,191,590 0 8,580,060
    1994 1,903,140 510 0 0 1,903,650 3,005 3,698,580
    1995 1,578,721 6,225 0 0 1,584,946 3,093 7,370,450
    1996 1,709,023 6,489 0 0 1,715,512 5,586 7,123,334
    1997 1,689,953 6,585 0 0 1,696,538 10,666 7,263,187
    1998 1,721,350 8,200 0 0 1,729,550 5,819 6,624,012
    1999 161,130 63,910 0 0 225,040 2,965 251,740
    2000 1,681,151 77,317 0 0 1,758,468 1,760 6,962,614
    2001 1,776,743 72,724 0 0 1,849,467 6,321 6,460,304
    2002 1,760,093 74,329 0 0 1,834,422 9,428 7,667,388
    "NA" means that no data are available because "Total-Production Related Waste" was not reported until 1991.
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  • Dioxin Compounds Summary
    • Environmental Releases, Transfers, and Production-Related Waste (Grams of Dioxin Compounds from TRI sources)
    Year Air Releases Water Releases Land Releases Underground Injection Total Environmental Releases Total Off-Site Transfers Total Production-Related Waste
    2000 1.30 0 0 0 1.30 0 1.30
    2001 1.40 0 0 0 1.40 0 1.40
    2002 1.40 0 0 0 1.40 0 1.40
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  • Facility Information
    2002 Facility Name: GAYLORD CONTAINER CORP.
    Mailing Address: 4TH ST., BOGALUSA, LA 70427
    Public Contact: BILL MATTHEWS
    Phone: (985) 732-8506
    SIC Code: 26 Paper And Allied Products
    2002 Parent Company: NA
    Latitude: 30.775
    Longitude: -89.85472
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  • Links

    • See EPA Envirofacts report for this facility for information about regulatory compliance, hazardous waste handling processes, Superfund status, and permitted air and water emissions.
    • RTK NET report for this facility, which includes its complete Form R report to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory

    Information about whether this facility is in compliance with applicable environmental laws is available from EPA's Sector Facility Indexing Project:

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