West Fraser (usa) Inc
13 facilities · 6 states · 2.2M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, West Fraser (usa) Inc is the reported parent of 13 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 2.2M lbs of toxic releases. 6 of 71 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Texas (763.1K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for West Fraser (usa) Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for West Fraser (usa) Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+23.7%
11 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+20.2%
489.6 thousand lb → 588.5 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- West Fraser (usa) Inc's total reported releases rose from 463.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 573.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- West Fraser (usa) Inc's land releases fell from 176 lb in 2022 to 34 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- West Fraser (usa) Inc's air releases rose from 462.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 572.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- West Fraser (usa) Inc's chemicals reported fell from 16 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read West Fraser (usa) Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: West Fraser Ewp Cordele; West Fraser US Ewp LLC; West Fraser Wood Products Inc.; West Fraser US Ewp LLC Jefferson. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Basf Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Acrolein; Diisocyanates. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Georgia; Mississippi. 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: West Fraser Ewp Cordele; West Fraser US Ewp LLC; West Fraser Wood Products Inc.; West Fraser US Ewp LLC Jefferson. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Basf Corp; International Paper Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Acrolein; Diisocyanates. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Texas; Georgia; Mississippi. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Wood Products.
West Fraser (usa) Inc ranks #437 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. West Fraser (usa) Inc spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. West Fraser (usa) Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 13 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for West Fraser (usa) Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Basf Corp; International Paper Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where West Fraser (usa) Inc sits among TRI parents
West Fraser (usa) Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Basf Corp and International Paper Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Basf Corp · rank #435 · 24.7M lbs
- International Paper Co · rank #436 · 24.7M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by West Fraser (usa) Inc
Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Acrolein; Diisocyanates lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as West Fraser Ewp Cordele. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Methanol | 1.6M lbs |
| Formaldehyde | 396.1K lbs |
| Acetaldehyde | 115.6K lbs |
| Acrolein | 36.5K lbs |
| Diisocyanates | 25.2K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4 | 763.1K lbs |
| Georgia | 2 | 735.0K lbs |
| Mississippi | 1 | 258.6K lbs |
| South Carolina | 3 | 244.2K lbs |
| Alabama | 2 | 172.4K lbs |
| Minnesota | 1 | 64.9K lbs |
Facilities (13)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| West Fraser Ewp Cordele Cordele, GA | 654.8K lbs |
| West Fraser US Ewp LLC Guntown, MS | 258.6K lbs |
| West Fraser Wood Products Inc. New Boston, TX | 257.8K lbs |
| West Fraser US Ewp LLC Jefferson Jefferson, TX | 205.1K lbs |
| West Fraser US Ewp LLC - Nacogdoches Osb Nacogdoches, TX | 151.5K lbs |
| West Fraser Wood Products Inc - Angelina Mill Lufkin, TX | 148.8K lbs |
| West Fraser Newberry Lumber Mill Newberry, SC | 110.1K lbs |
| West Fraser Huguley Lanett, AL | 92.7K lbs |
| West Fraser US Ewp Llc- Joanna Kinards, SC | 84.5K lbs |
| West Fraser - Dudley Lumber Mill Dudley, GA | 80.2K lbs |
| West Fraser Opelika Mill Opelika, AL | 79.7K lbs |
| West Fraser US Ewp LLC - Bemidji Solway, MN | 64.9K lbs |
| West Fraser Ewp - Allendale Fairfax, SC | 49.5K lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest West Fraser (usa) Inc on total disclosed release pounds (2.2M lbs) and reporting facility count (13). Release-volume peers include The Kinetic Group, Hexcel Corp, Atlas Holdings LLC. Facility-count peers include Abb Inc, Ati Inc, Axalta Coating Systems 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 Texas, Georgia, Mississippi; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with West Fraser (usa) Inc's TRI parent record
From West Fraser (usa) Inc, open West Fraser Ewp Cordele or compare against Basf Corp rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for West Fraser (usa) Inc (West Fraser Ewp Cordele in GA). 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 West Fraser (usa) Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Basf 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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