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Environmental compliance in Paper Manufacturing: 245 facilities, $14,863,481 in penalties (2021 to 2026)
EPA's ECHO database lists 245 facilities in Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) with a formal enforcement action, penalties of $5,000 or more, three or more quarters in significant noncompliance or a federal case in the five years to November 1, 2026: 375 formal actions, 587 informal actions and $14,863,481 in penalties.
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- Industry
- NAICS 322, Paper Manufacturing
- Facilities
- 245
- Formal enforcement actions
- 375
- Informal actions
- 587
- Penalties
- $14,863,481 ($4,622,657 from federal cases)
- Facilities with three or more quarters in significant noncompliance
- 84
By state
| State | Facilities | Formal actions | Penalties |
|---|
| Washington | 16 | 51 | $2,786,792 |
| South Carolina | 10 | 17 | $2,708,472 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 11 | $1,276,100 |
| Florida | 3 | 3 | $1,177,796 |
| New York | 11 | 19 | $907,080 |
| Texas | 7 | 7 | $774,125 |
| Iowa | 2 | 7 | $712,000 |
| Ohio | 7 | 9 | $593,480 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 6 | $551,386 |
| Michigan | 8 | 7 | $505,471 |
| Kansas | 2 | 3 | $365,758 |
| Missouri | 2 | 2 | $340,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 26 | 29 | $303,805 |
| California | 12 | 36 | $279,514 |
| Virginia | 5 | 9 | $234,703 |
| Mississippi | 5 | 3 | $231,860 |
| New Jersey | 23 | 37 | $205,415 |
| Tennessee | 12 | 24 | $172,478 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 16 | $123,094 |
| Indiana | 13 | 15 | $120,250 |
| Maine | 3 | 3 | $88,121 |
| Illinois | 11 | 29 | $84,000 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | 8 | $72,680 |
| Wisconsin | 7 | 3 | $60,600 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 2 | $46,125 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | $30,000 |
| Georgia | 11 | 3 | $29,700 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | $20,344 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 6 | $15,982 |
| Alabama | 1 | 1 | $15,000 |
| Vermont | 3 | 1 | $13,750 |
| Oregon | 2 | 1 | $9,600 |
| Kentucky | 1 | 1 | $8,000 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | $0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | $0 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 | $0 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 0 | $0 |
Facilities with the largest penalties
Ranked by penalties of the last five years. Each row links to EPA's facility report.
| Facility | City | State | Formal actions | Penalties | Quarters in significant noncompliance | Latest penalty | Source |
|---|
| New-Indy Catawba LLC | Catawba | SC | 3 | $2,207,000 | 0 | September 8, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc | Cosmopolis | WA | 9 | $1,385,777 | 2 | July 21, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Port Townsend Paper Mill | Port Townsend | WA | 9 | $826,250 | 12 | September 14, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Pensacola Mill | Cantonment | FL | 1 | $587,300 | 0 | April 14, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper, Bogalusa Mill | Bogalusa | LA | 1 | $500,000 | 0 | February 24, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Loparex, Inc | Iowa City | IA | 6 | $373,000 | 0 | May 27, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cryovac Simpsonville | Simpsonville | SC | 3 | $365,992 | 0 | November 25, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Plastic Packaging Technologies | Kansas City | KS | 2 | $365,758 | 4 | October 8, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cascades Containerboard Packaging- Niagara Falls | Niagara Falls | NY | 1 | $364,250 | 0 | May 10, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Nippon Paper Co | Port Angeles | WA | 8 | $355,545 | 2 | September 1, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper, Linerboard Mill | Orange | TX | 1 | $344,250 | 12 | March 22, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Suzano Packaging, LLC | Pine Bluff | AR | 3 | $260,973 | 4 | May 9, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC (0671010028) | Chillicothe | OH | 2 | $234,440 | 0 | April 17, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Graphic Packaging International, Inc. | Kalamazoo | MI | 2 | $228,513 | 10 | December 14, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Pliant Corp | Macedon | NY | 1 | $208,096 | 0 | June 24, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper, Columbus Mill | Columbus | MS | 2 | $200,000 | 6 | December 24, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Dart Container Corporation | Lodi | CA | 11 | $189,511 | 2 | February 29, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| 3M Nevada Plant | Nevada | MO | 1 | $170,000 | 0 | February 7, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Evergreen Packaging Inc. | Kalamazoo | MI | 2 | $126,329 | 0 | September 19, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Graphic Packaging International, Inc, West Monroe | West Monroe | LA | 1 | $120,800 | 0 | May 18, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cascades Bear Island Mill | Ashland | VA | 4 | $109,058 | 9 | May 14, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| The Bryce Company, LLC | Memphis | TN | 4 | $81,475 | 1 | December 12, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Diversapack LLC | Cincinnati | OH | 1 | $73,400 | 0 | January 29, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Paneltech International LLC | Hoquiam | WA | 10 | $72,720 | 7 | July 29, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Interface Solutions Inc | Fulton | NY | 3 | $72,600 | 0 | April 16, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Aladdin Packaging Property | Islip | NY | 4 | $72,439 | 2 | October 28, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| North Pacific Paper Company LLC | Longview | WA | 2 | $70,000 | 0 | January 20, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Surteco North Amer Inc/auburn PLT Fka Reneer Films | Auburn | PA | 4 | $66,968 | 6 | June 9, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Pixelle Spec Solutions Llc/spring Grove | Spring Grove | PA | 4 | $65,003 | 5 | January 3, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Aladdin Packaging LLC | Hauppauge | NY | 2 | $58,498 | 2 | October 19, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Sterilization Services of Virginia | Richmond | VA | 1 | $53,617 | 0 | June 24, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Simpson Tacoma | Tacoma | WA | 2 | $52,500 | 6 | December 12, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Sonoco Products Co | Hartsville | SC | 2 | $52,330 | 9 | April 28, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Rohrer Corporation (1652100108) | Wadsworth | OH | 2 | $48,000 | 0 | April 19, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Mactac Inc | Moore | SC | 2 | $44,500 | 0 | July 14, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Loparex LLC | Eden | NC | 2 | $42,276 | 4 | August 23, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Nitto, Inc. | Lakewood | NJ | 2 | $40,700 | 0 | June 25, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Hollingsworth & Vose | Groton | MA | 1 | $39,705 | 3 | September 12, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Bemis Company Inc | Edgewood | NY | 2 | $38,997 | 0 | December 21, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Rockline Industries | Sheboygan | WI | 1 | $35,600 | 0 | December 7, 2021 | echo.epa.gov |
| Domtar Paper Company, LLC, Kingsport Mill | Kingsport | TN | 4 | $35,360 | 4 | March 6, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| American Biltrite Inc | Moorestown | NJ | 1 | $32,880 | 0 | March 7, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Bemis Company Incorporated | Terre Haute | IN | 1 | $32,500 | 8 | November 14, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Adlam Films LLC | Shannon | MS | 1 | $31,860 | 0 | December 22, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| The Bryce Company, LLC | Searcy | AR | 2 | $30,940 | 0 | January 23, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Arlon Inc, Flex Tech | East Providence | RI | 1 | $30,000 | 1 | November 10, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Graphic Packaging International LLC | Phoenixville | PA | 1 | $29,904 | 0 | June 20, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Pacific Southwest Container, LLC | Modesto | CA | 6 | $28,738 | 4 | September 9, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Delta Terminal Services, LLC | Harvey | LA | 3 | $28,650 | 0 | August 8, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper Company (port Wentworth Mill) | Port Wentworth | GA | 1 | $27,700 | 0 | August 29, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Advanced Web Technologies LLC | South Elgin | IL | 1 | $27,500 | 0 | August 7, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| US Gypsum, Galena Park Plant | Galena Park | TX | 1 | $27,433 | 0 | May 19, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| New Indy Containerboard Hartford City Mill | Hartford City | IN | 2 | $26,500 | 5 | August 27, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| J Josephson Inc | South Hackensack | NJ | 3 | $25,575 | 0 | June 24, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Ahlstrom Na Specialty Solutions LLC | Kaukauna | WI | 1 | $25,000 | 0 | January 17, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Calumet Carton Co | South Holland | IL | 1 | $25,000 | 0 | May 6, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Freedom Corrugated | Hazleton | PA | 1 | $25,000 | 0 | December 16, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Winchester Electronics | Watertown | CT | 1 | $24,000 | 3 | December 2, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cellu Tissue | East Hartford | CT | 1 | $22,125 | 0 | October 2, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cellu Tissue National Dam Div | Gouverneur | NY | 2 | $22,000 | 0 | October 26, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Avery Dennison Corporation | Philadelphia | PA | 2 | $21,250 | 0 | April 21, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Chromasource, Inc. | Columbia City | IN | 2 | $21,100 | 0 | June 22, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Graphic Packaging International Inc | Golden | CO | 1 | $20,344 | 3 | January 20, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Double Envelope Company | Roanoke | VA | 1 | $20,070 | 0 | July 13, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper | Mcallen | TX | 1 | $19,727 | 0 | May 31, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| The Procter & Gamble Paper Product Co | Oxnard | CA | 1 | $19,410 | 0 | July 30, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Avery Dennison MFD | Lowell | IN | 2 | $18,000 | 0 | May 29, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Adhesive Coating Technologies Inc | Wheeling | IL | 1 | $18,000 | 0 | August 31, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Memphis Cellulose LLC | Memphis | TN | 1 | $17,243 | 0 | August 26, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| 3M | Rockland | MA | 1 | $16,445 | 0 | May 7, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Sylvamo Eastover Mill | Eastover | SC | 1 | $16,000 | 0 | February 20, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper Company | Modesto | CA | 4 | $15,800 | 0 | November 14, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Amcor Flexibles North Amer Inc/lebanon | Lebanon | PA | 1 | $15,640 | 5 | November 25, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Evergreen Beverage Packaging | Turlock | CA | 3 | $15,000 | 0 | March 15, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| International Paper-Prattville Mill | Prattville | AL | 1 | $15,000 | 0 | March 28, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Main Tape Co Inc @ Cranbury Business PRK | Cranbury | NJ | 2 | $14,000 | 0 | May 15, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Jain Americas, Nucedar Mills | Chicopee | MA | 3 | $13,880 | 12 | December 13, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Proampac Ac US LLC | Matthews | NC | 4 | $13,758 | 0 | May 1, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Isovolta Inc | Rutland | VT | 1 | $13,750 | 5 | August 28, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Kimberly-Clark Pennsylvania L LC | Chester | PA | 1 | $13,200 | 0 | November 26, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Hunterdon Cogeneration LP | Clinton | NJ | 5 | $12,375 | 0 | May 3, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Westrock Texas, L.P. | Evadale | TX | 1 | $12,226 | 0 | November 8, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| FCC (north Carolina) Paper Plant | Laurinburg | NC | 4 | $12,157 | 5 | December 20, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| French Paper LLC | Niles | MI | 1 | $12,150 | 8 | May 14, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Arclin Surfaces LLC | Dillon | SC | 1 | $12,150 | 0 | September 16, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Sony Dadc | Terre Haute | IN | 1 | $11,250 | 0 | October 4, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| Boise White Paper LLC | International Falls | MN | 3 | $10,230 | 0 | April 2, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Pioneer Plastics Corp | Auburn | ME | 1 | $10,200 | 0 | October 23, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Color Communications LLC | Chicago | IL | 4 | $10,125 | 12 | September 11, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Color Communications, Inc. | Chicago | IL | 4 | $10,125 | 0 | September 11, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Chesapeake Corporation | Philadelphia | PA | 1 | $9,800 | 0 | December 3, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| West Linn Paper Mill | West Linn | OR | 1 | $9,600 | 2 | December 27, 2021 | echo.epa.gov |
| Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging, Inc | Longview | WA | 3 | $9,500 | 0 | April 25, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Albea Americas Inc | Washington | NJ | 2 | $9,375 | 0 | September 12, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Cascades Tissue Group PA Inc Ransom Mill | Ransom | PA | 1 | $9,292 | 0 | September 7, 2022 | echo.epa.gov |
| John Deal Coatings Inc | Mount Juliet | TN | 3 | $9,100 | 2 | March 28, 2025 | echo.epa.gov |
| Graphic Packaging International | Wayne | NJ | 3 | $9,000 | 0 | December 13, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
| Dee Paper Co/chester | Chester | PA | 1 | $9,000 | 0 | February 13, 2023 | echo.epa.gov |
| Marcal Manufacturing | Elmwood Park | NJ | 2 | $8,700 | 0 | January 21, 2026 | echo.epa.gov |
| Bell Container Corp | Newark | NJ | 2 | $8,500 | 0 | May 29, 2024 | echo.epa.gov |
By program
| Program | Facilities | Formal actions | Informal actions | Penalties | Facilities with quarters in significant noncompliance |
|---|
| Clean Air Act | 212 | 204 | 246 | $6,469,891 | 32 |
| Clean Water Act | 176 | 62 | 205 | $2,321,141 | 64 |
| Hazardous waste (RCRA) | 208 | 58 | 85 | $1,412,392 | 17 |
| Drinking water (SDWA) | 12 | 0 | 51 | $0 | 0 |
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from US EPA, Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO). Public domain (U.S. government work). Counts and penalties cover the five years to November 1, 2026 as ECHO publishes them in its exporter and case downloads, drawn from EPA's air, water, hazardous waste and drinking water systems and from the states that report to them. Records can be incomplete, late or corrected after this page was read. A federal case penalty that names several facilities is shown on each of them and counted once in industry, state and national totals. Each row links to EPA's own report. A quarter in significant noncompliance is EPA's term for a serious violation status in a program, not a finding of fault beyond that status. This page uses US EPA data and is not endorsed or certified by the US EPA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.