EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Appling County Pellets
Baxley, GA
- Total releases
- 51.5K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Appling County Pellets: how the 51.5K lbs splits
51.5K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 51.5K lbs 100.0%
Appling County Pellets's 51.5K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Appling County Pellets is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Baxley, GA, in the wood products sector. It reported 12.9K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 51.5K lbs in total across its 2020-2022 reporting years. That ranks 6,062 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Georgia's 705 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Appling County Pellets is pounds #179 and chemical-count #275 at 51.5K lbs. Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill leads reported pounds (22.6M lbs) at 26 chemicals (chemical-count #4). Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant leads chemical count at 30 chemicals (3.3M lbs, pounds #18). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Lawter Inc; Interfor US Inc Baxley Div; Usnr Baxley; Hazlehurst Wood Pellets. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Georgia: Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.; Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div; Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC; Stella-Jones Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Acetaldehyde; Formaldehyde.
Appling County Pellets stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 51.5K lbs (2020–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. and Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div.
Appling County Pellets vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
52K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Appling County Pellets in the Wood Products sector extract
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Appling County Pellets reports the 176th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.4% of its sector. Scale peers outside Georgia include Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. and Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Appling County Pellets Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Appling County Pellets releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 51.5K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2020 to 2022, total releases decreased by 63% (35.1K lbs to 12.9K lbs).
Appling County Pellets: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2020–2022
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Appling County Pellets year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 63% from 2020 to 2022). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35.1K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 3.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 12.9K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2020–2022). 2 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 26.1K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 13.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formaldehyde | 12.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
Appling County Pellets · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Appling County Pellets
Closest other reporters in Georgia - including Lawter Inc, Interfor US Inc Baxley Div, Usnr Baxley, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 704 other reporting facilities in Georgia.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Georgia - e.g. Great Southern Wood - Md Inc., Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div, Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC.
Compare beyond Georgia
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Appling County Pellets on cumulative reported pounds (51.5K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Quad/graphics Inc, A. Zeregas Sons Inc., Solutia Inc. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Methanol, Acetaldehyde, Formaldehyde; nearby reporters include Lawter Inc. Appling County Pellets stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Appling County Pellets TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Appling County Pellets totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Baxley, GA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2020–2022 (3 years). NAICS 321999 · Wood Products. 20.3% of Appling TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Quad/graphics Inc (Δ 16 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Appling County Pellets stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Methanol. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov