Columbia Forest Products
3 facilities · 3 states · 182.5K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Columbia Forest Products is the reported parent of 3 Form R facilities across 3 states, disclosing 182.5K lbs of toxic releases. 1 of 3 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Virginia (181.6K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Columbia Forest Products, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Columbia Forest Products: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-33.7%
3 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-33.7%
33.5 thousand lb → 22.2 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Columbia Forest Products's total reported releases fell from 33.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 22.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Columbia Forest Products's land releases fell from 58 lb in 2022 to 31 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Columbia Forest Products's off-site transfers fell from 23.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 13.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Columbia Forest Products's air releases fell from 9.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 8.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Columbia Forest Products from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Columbia Forest Products; Columbia Forest Products; Columbia Forest Products Columbia West Virginia Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Lead. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Oregon; West Virginia. 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: Columbia Forest Products; Columbia Forest Products; Columbia Forest Products Columbia West Virginia Corp. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: US Department of Defense; Westrock Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Lead. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Virginia; Oregon; West Virginia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products.
Columbia Forest Products ranks #1,338 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Columbia Forest Products files across 3 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Columbia Forest Products accounts for most of Columbia Forest Products's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Columbia Forest Products follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (US Department of Defense; Westrock Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Columbia Forest Products sits among TRI parents
Columbia Forest Products sits on a disclosure ladder beside US Department of Defense and Westrock Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- US Department of Defense · rank #1,336 · 52.2M lbs
- Westrock Co · rank #1,337 · 17.0M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Columbia Forest Products
Certain glycol ethers; Lead lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Columbia Forest Products. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 181.6K lbs |
| Lead | 858 lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 1 | 181.6K lbs |
| Oregon | 1 | 605 lbs |
| West Virginia | 1 | 253 lbs |
Facilities (3)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Columbia Forest Products Chatham, VA | 181.6K lbs |
| Columbia Forest Products Klamath Falls, OR | 605 lbs |
| Columbia Forest Products Columbia West Virginia Corp Craigsville, WV | 253 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Columbia Forest Products on total disclosed release pounds (182.5K lbs) and reporting facility count (3). Release-volume peers include Chief Industries Inc, Zinpro Corp, Bodycote Thermal Processing Inc. Facility-count peers include A-Gas US Holdings Inc, Abb Holdings Inc, Adams Resources & Energy Inc. 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 Virginia, Oregon, West Virginia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Columbia Forest Products's TRI parent record
From Columbia Forest Products, open Columbia Forest Products or compare against US Department of Defense rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Columbia Forest Products (Columbia Forest Products in VA). Largest facility
- Compare against Westrock Co, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Columbia Forest Products sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (US Department of Defense, Westrock Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Columbia Forest Products's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
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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