Arauco N.a. Inc
6 facilities · 4 states · 4.5M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Arauco N.a. Inc is the reported parent of 6 Form R facilities across 4 states, disclosing 4.5M lbs of toxic releases. 3 of 17 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is North Carolina (2.6M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Arauco N.a. Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Arauco N.a. Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-16.1%
5 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-16.1%
915.1 thousand lb → 767.8 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Arauco N.a. Inc's total reported releases fell from 915.1 thousand lb in 2022 to 767.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Arauco N.a. Inc's air releases fell from 888.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 739.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Arauco N.a. Inc's land releases rose from 127 lb in 2022 to 145 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Arauco N.a. Inc's off-site transfers rose from 26.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 28.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Arauco N.a. Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Arauco N.a. Inc.; Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard; Arauco N.a. Inc. - Duraflake Particleboard; Arauco N.a. Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Propionaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Michigan; Oregon. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products; Paper. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Arauco N.a. Inc.; Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard; Arauco N.a. Inc. - Duraflake Particleboard; Arauco N.a. Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Propionaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: North Carolina; Michigan; Oregon. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products; Paper.
Arauco N.a. Inc ranks #285 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Arauco N.a. Inc files across 4 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Arauco N.a. Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 6 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Arauco N.a. Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Befesa Zinc US Inc.; Duke Energy Corp) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Arauco N.a. Inc sits among TRI parents
Arauco N.a. Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Befesa Zinc US Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Befesa Zinc US Inc. · rank #283 · 43.1M lbs
- Duke Energy Corp · rank #284 · 24.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Arauco N.a. Inc
Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Propionaldehyde lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Arauco N.a. Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 3.5M lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 686.4K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 219.7K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 56.2K lbs |
| Propionaldehyde | 53.3K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2 | 2.6M lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 885.1K lbs |
| Oregon | 2 | 705.7K lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 330.2K lbs |
Facilities (6)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Arauco N.a. Inc. Moncure, NC | 2.5M lbs |
| Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard Grayling, MI | 885.1K lbs |
| Arauco N.a. Inc. - Duraflake Particleboard Albany, OR | 469.2K lbs |
| Arauco N.a. Inc. Malvern, AR | 330.2K lbs |
| Arauco Na Inc - Eugene Mdf Eugene, OR | 236.5K lbs |
| Flakeboard America LLC Biscoe, NC | 41.6K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Arauco N.a. Inc on total disclosed release pounds (4.5M lbs) and reporting facility count (6). Release-volume peers include Lyondellbasell Industries, Ppg Industries Inc, Weyerhaeuser Co. Facility-count peers include Abbott Laboratories, Agribeef Co, Allnex USA Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
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Similar facility count
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About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are North Carolina, Michigan, Oregon; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Arauco N.a. Inc's TRI parent record
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- Open the largest Form R site for Arauco N.a. Inc (Arauco N.a. Inc. in NC). Largest facility
- Compare against Duke Energy Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Arauco N.a. Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Befesa Zinc US Inc., Duke Energy Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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