UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. UPS - JACKSON

UPS Jackson, Tennessee (FRS ID 110004996808) is a single parcel-handling facility classified under NAICS 492110, operating within the United Parcel Service delivery network. EPA ECHO records queried May 5, 2026 show zero quarters with non-compliance across the trailing 24 months, zero active permits, and a latest permit on file dated September 7, 2021 [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The $2.12 million figure appearing in the 24-month penalty column is not an assessed penalty at the Jackson site. ECHO's exporter methodology produces that number by prorating the 5-year corporate aggregate — total_5yr × (24/60) — and distributing the result across every facility row in the legal-entity slug, regardless of individual site history.

Parent company United Parcel Service, Inc. (SEC CIK 0001090727) posted $88.7 billion in 2025 revenue and delivered 5.2 billion packages globally, per the 2025 Form 10-K filed February 17, 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. That volume sets the scale at which a formula-allocated penalty figure, spread across a global network of parcel facilities, can read as material at any single address.

The enforcement history generating the corporate total traces directly to a single date: June 16, 2021. EPA Region 6 announced that day a Consent Agreement and Final Order requiring United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. to correct alleged hazardous waste regulation violations at 183 facilities across Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, with a $3.8 million civil penalty and a 24-month compliance window [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. EPA extended the obligation in October 2022, announcing a nationwide settlement expanding compliance corrections beyond the original Region 6 footprint [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Jackson, Tennessee is in EPA Region 4 and is not individually named in the Region 6 consent documents or the October 2022 national settlement materials reviewed for this briefing.

EPA ECHO data for the UPS Jackson entity slug records one facility, zero violation quarters in the trailing 24-month window, zero active permits, and an environmental justice index average of 0.0 as of the May 5, 2026 query [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The latest permit date in the ECHO snapshot is September 7, 2021. The $2,120,000 figure in the penalty_total_24mo column is a formula output: ECHO multiplies the 5-year corporate total by 24/60 and writes the result to each facility row in the slug. No individual adjudication against the Jackson site produced that figure.

Through mid-2024, the Jackson facility recorded no non-compliance quarters under ECHO monitoring. The broader UPS organization used 2025 to execute the Customer First, People Led, Innovation Driven strategic framework while closing three acquisitions — Frigo-Trans, Biotech & Pharma Logistics, and Andlauer Healthcare Group — folding those cold-chain networks into a healthcare portfolio the company reports as generating more than $11 billion in annual revenue [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. November 2025 delivered two distinct regulatory signals within eight days of each other. On November 5, UPS filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828025049661/ups-20250930.htm]. Eight days later, on November 13, shareholder advocacy group As You Sow filed a resolution requesting a third-party environmental justice audit of UPS [source: https://www.asyousow.org/resolutions/2025/11/13-ups-third-party-environmental-justice-audit]. December 2025 brought an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service to handle final-mile delivery for a portion of Ground Saver and Mail Innovations volumes beginning in 2026 [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. UPS filed the 2025 Form 10-K on February 17, 2026.

The regulatory backdrop behind the corporate penalty aggregate reaches to June 16, 2021, when EPA Region 6 issued a Consent Agreement and Final Order requiring UPS and TForce Freight to correct alleged hazardous waste regulation violations at 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, with a $3.8 million civil penalty and a 24-month compliance window running through approximately June 2023 [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/consent-agreement-and-final-order-ups]. EPA's June 2021 announcement framed the violations as RCRA-based, centered on alleged failure to manage hazardous waste at parcel-handling locations [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. October 2022 brought a follow-on development: EPA announced nationwide settlement terms extending compliance corrections beyond Region 6 [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide], with Law360 reporting placing the cumulative national penalty at $5.3 million [source: https://www.law360.com/real-estate-authority/commercial/articles/154154]. Jackson, Tennessee, in EPA Region 4, is not individually named in the Region 6 CAFO documents or the October 2022 national announcement materials reviewed for this briefing.

Facility-level record — UPS Jackson (FRS 110004996808): ECHO shows zero quarters with non-compliance in the 24-month window ending May 5, 2026, and zero active permits [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. The $2.12 million 24-month figure is a formula-derived share of the parent entity's 5-year aggregate, not a penalty assessed against the Jackson facility individually.

Federal enforcement history for the broader UPS legal entity that produced the underlying aggregate:

— June 16, 2021 (RCRA, EPA Region 6): EPA announced a Consent Agreement and Final Order with United Parcel Service, Inc. and TForce Freight, Inc. requiring correction of alleged hazardous waste regulation violations at 183 facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas, with a $3.8 million civil penalty and a 24-month compliance window [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/united-parcel-service-inc-ups-settlement]. The full Consent Agreement and Final Order document, at 777.07 KB, is published on EPA's enforcement pages [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/consent-agreement-and-final-order-ups].

— October 2022 (RCRA, nationwide expansion): EPA announced settlement terms requiring UPS to extend hazardous waste compliance corrections to facilities outside the original Region 6 scope [source: https://epa.gov/newsreleases/ups-settles-epa-correct-alleged-hazardous-waste-violations-nationwide]. Law360 reported the aggregate national penalty at $5.3 million [source: https://www.law360.com/real-estate-authority/commercial/articles/154154].

— Clean Water Act (CWA): ECHO records show no CWA enforcement specific to the Jackson facility in the data reviewed [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

— Clean Air Act (CAA): ECHO records show no CAA enforcement specific to the Jackson facility in the data reviewed [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

— State (Tennessee): No state-level enforcement specific to the Jackson, Tennessee facility appears in the materials gathered for this briefing.

The UPS Jackson entity slug contains one facility, so a ranked top-five list does not apply as framed; this section presents the Jackson site alongside three NAICS 492110 peer slugs for comparative scale.

— UPS Jackson, TN (FRS 110004996808). Single parcel-delivery facility, NAICS 492110. Zero quarters with non-compliance in the trailing 24 months per ECHO; zero active permits; latest permit on file dated September 7, 2021. Environmental justice index average reported as 0.0 in ECHO's snapshot [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

— UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC (UPS) parent slug. Eleven facilities; 8 quarters with non-compliance across the trailing 24 months; $10,640,000 in derived 24-month penalty allocation; zero active permits in the snapshot [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

— UNITED PARCEL SERVICES slug. Ten facilities; 6 quarters with non-compliance across the trailing 24 months; $6,424,160 in derived 24-month penalty allocation [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

— UNITED PARCEL SVC slug (NAICS 49211). Sixteen facilities; 6 quarters with non-compliance across the trailing 24 months; $5,760,000 in derived 24-month penalty allocation [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

— No additional named facilities under the Jackson entity slug appear in the ECHO data reviewed for this briefing [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

ECHO's top_pollutants field for the UPS Jackson entity slug is empty in the May 5, 2026 snapshot. The facility carries no Toxics Release Inventory entry and no NPDES discharge monitoring record that triggered a pollutant list [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip]. This absence tracks with the operating profile of a parcel-sortation facility under NAICS 492110, which is not a continuous-process emitter and does not generate the TRI thresholds that populate that field.

For historical pollutant context on the UPS RCRA enforcement record: the substances at issue in the June 16, 2021 EPA Region 6 Consent Agreement and Final Order and the October 2022 nationwide settlement were hazardous wastes generated and accumulated at parcel-handling locations [source: https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/consent-agreement-and-final-order-ups]. EPA's enforcement framing in the consent documents addressed alleged failures to manage hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act — not air or water releases. Hazardous waste streams typical of parcel networks include damaged shipments containing flammables, corrosives, lithium battery items, and spilled inks or solvents; these require RCRA characterization, segregation, and manifested off-site disposal under 40 CFR Parts 262 and 263.

Separately, reporting by the Union of Concerned Scientists and Environmental Health News from 2023 documented elevated cumulative toxic exposure burdens in parts of Tennessee, identifying ethylene oxide as a contributor in Memphis-area neighborhoods [source: https://blog.ucsusa.org/derrick-jackson/ethylene-oxide-adds-to-toxic-burden-for-memphis-residents/] [source: https://ehn.org/air-pollution-in-memphis]. Those reports describe Memphis-area emitting facilities. The UPS Jackson facility is located approximately 85 miles east of Memphis and is not referenced in either report. They appear here as state-level air-toxics framing only.

ECHO data shows the parent UPS legal-entity slug and two adjacent UPS-name variants each carrying substantially higher 24-month enforcement totals than the Jackson, Tennessee single-facility slug. The UPS parent slug, spanning 11 facilities, records 8 quarters of non-compliance and $10.64 million in derived 24-month penalty allocation. UNITED PARCEL SERVICES, covering 10 facilities, shows 6 quarters and $6.42 million. UNITED PARCEL SVC, spread across 16 facilities under NAICS 49211, shows 6 quarters and $5.76 million. Jackson's zero-quarter non-compliance record sits below the per-facility average for all three peer slugs, though the single-facility sample at Jackson limits how much analytical weight a per-facility comparison can bear [source: https://echo.epa.gov/files/echodownloads/echo_exporter.zip].

The Item 1A excerpt available from the 2025 Form 10-K filed February 17, 2026 is limited to forward-looking-statement boilerplate and Item 1 Business Overview content, including UPS's reference to using www.investors.ups.com for material nonpublic disclosure under Regulation FD; specific environmental risk-factor language is not captured in the excerpt provided [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828026008432/ups-20251231.htm]. The 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, filed November 5, 2025, contains no environmental disclosure excerpt in the materials reviewed [source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1090727/000162828025049661/ups-20250930.htm]. Three forward-looking items in the 10-K intersect potential environmental risk surfaces: the December 2025 agreement with the U.S. Postal Service for final-mile delivery of Ground Saver and Mail Innovations volumes beginning 2026, which expands the facility footprint subject to RCRA and related compliance obligations; the Frigo-Trans and Andlauer Healthcare Group acquisitions, which bring cold-chain operations under additional healthcare regulatory regimes; and the Smart Package Smart Facility RFID-enabled network deployment, which extends asset tracking across facilities that handle hazardous materials.