Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc
15 facilities · 11 states · 129.0K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc is the reported parent of 15 Form R facilities across 11 states, disclosing 129.0K lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 39 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Maryland (51.4K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+51.1%
15 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+51.1%
8.3 thousand lb → 12.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
- Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc's total reported releases rose from 8.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc's water releases fell from 16 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc's off-site transfers rose from 8.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
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Largest Form R sites under this parent: Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Va Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Darling Ingredients Inc; Vibrantz Technologies Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Arsenic compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Copper compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Maryland; Florida; 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.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Va Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc.. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Darling Ingredients Inc; Vibrantz Technologies Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Arsenic compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Copper compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Maryland; Florida; Virginia. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products.
Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc ranks #1,502 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc spans 11 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 15 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Darling Ingredients Inc; Vibrantz Technologies Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc sits among TRI parents
Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Darling Ingredients Inc and Vibrantz Technologies Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Darling Ingredients Inc · rank #1,500 · 9.1M lbs
- Vibrantz Technologies Inc · rank #1,501 · 5.3M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc
Arsenic compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Copper compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Arsenic compounds | 29.2K lbs |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 28.4K lbs |
| Copper compounds | 27.4K lbs |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 15.5K lbs |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 14.7K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 1 | 51.4K lbs |
| Florida | 1 | 49.2K lbs |
| Virginia | 1 | 20.3K lbs |
| Alabama | 4 | 3.9K lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 3.1K lbs |
| Texas | 1 | 1.2K lbs |
| Arkansas | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Louisiana | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Missouri | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (15)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. Hagerstown, MD | 51.4K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc. Lake Panasoffkee, FL | 49.2K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Va Inc. Rocky Mount, VA | 20.3K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc. Tuscumbia, AL | 2.7K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Jesup Inc. Jesup, GA | 2.1K lbs |
| Everwood Treatment Co Spanish Fort, AL | 1.2K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Columbus Inc. Columbus, TX | 1.2K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc. Conyers, GA | 1.1K lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Glenwood Inc. Glenwood, AR | 0 lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - la Inc. Mansura, LA | 0 lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Buckner Inc. Buckner, MO | 0 lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Brookhaven Inc. Brookhaven, MS | 0 lbs |
| Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc. Irvington, AL | 0 lbs |
| Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc. Abbeville, AL | 0 lbs |
| Great Southern Wood - Pa Inc. Fombell, PA | 0 lbs |
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Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc on total disclosed release pounds (129.0K lbs) and reporting facility count (15). Release-volume peers include Tekni-Plex Inc, Denso International America Inc, Qorvo Inc. Facility-count peers include Bae Systems Inc, Bridgestone Americas Inc, Clarios LLC. 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 Maryland, Florida, Virginia; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc's TRI parent record
From Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc, open Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. or compare against Darling Ingredients Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc (Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. in MD). Largest facility
- Compare against Vibrantz Technologies Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
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Rank and peers (Darling Ingredients Inc, Vibrantz Technologies Inc) 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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