Boise Cascade Co
11 facilities · 7 states · 1.2M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Boise Cascade Co is the reported parent of 11 Form R facilities across 7 states, disclosing 1.2M lbs of toxic releases. 5 of 28 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is South Carolina (356.7K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Boise Cascade Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Boise Cascade Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+12.5%
9 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-0.3%
219.7 thousand lb → 218.9 thousand lb, every facility that filed
These two measures point in opposite directions. Releases from the facilities present in both years rose, while the inventory-wide total fell. The difference is which facilities filed, not a different estimate of the same plants.
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Boise Cascade Co's total reported releases rose from 194.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 218.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Boise Cascade Co's land releases fell from 71 lb in 2022 to 55 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Boise Cascade Co's off-site transfers rose from 859 lb in 2022 to 1.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Boise Cascade Co's air releases rose from 193.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 217.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Boise Cascade Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood; Boise Cascade Wood Products Florien Operations; Boise Cascade Wood Products; Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Medford Plywood. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Phenol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; Alabama; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood; Boise Cascade Wood Products Florien Operations; Boise Cascade Wood Products; Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Medford Plywood. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Nucor Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Phenol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: South Carolina; Alabama; Louisiana. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products.
Boise Cascade Co ranks #572 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Boise Cascade Co spans 7 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Boise Cascade Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 11 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Boise Cascade Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Nucor Corp; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Boise Cascade Co sits among TRI parents
Boise Cascade Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside Nucor Corp and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Nucor Corp · rank #570 · 15.8M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #571 · 13.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Boise Cascade Co
Methanol; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Phenol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 1.1M lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 21.7K lbs |
| Phenol | 21.3K lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 12.6K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 9.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1 | 356.7K lbs |
| Alabama | 2 | 269.0K lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 263.0K lbs |
| Oregon | 3 | 176.8K lbs |
| Washington | 2 | 110.1K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 41.8K lbs |
| Idaho | 1 | 1.2K lbs |
Facilities (11)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood Chester, SC | 356.7K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products Florien Operations Florien, LA | 263.0K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products Chapman, AL | 216.6K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Medford Plywood Medford, OR | 155.1K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Kettle Falls Plywood Kettle Falls, WA | 108.4K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Thorsby, AL | 52.3K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products Havana, FL | 41.8K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Elgin Complex Elgin, OR | 21.7K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Kettle Falls Lumber Kettle Falls, WA | 1.7K lbs |
| Homedale Beam & Deck Plant Homedale, ID | 1.2K lbs |
| Boise Cascade Wood Products Llc-Ewp Plant White City, OR | 0 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Boise Cascade Co on total disclosed release pounds (1.2M lbs) and reporting facility count (11). Release-volume peers include Webco Industries Inc, Gates Corp, Shell Oil Products US. Facility-count peers include Ag Processing Inc, American Electric Power, Atlas Roofing Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Boise Cascade Co's TRI parent record
From Boise Cascade Co, open Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood or compare against Nucor Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Boise Cascade Co (Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood in SC). Largest facility
- Compare against International Paper Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Boise Cascade Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Nucor Corp, International Paper Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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