EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills)
Kamiah, ID · Parent: Empire Lumber Co
- Total releases
- 31 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills): how the 31 lbs splits
31 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 27 lbs 85.2%
- Off-site Transfers 5 lbs 14.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills)'s 31 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 85.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 14.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kamiah, ID, in the wood products sector. It reported 6 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 31 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 17,609 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Idaho's 123 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) is pounds #99 and chemical-count #113 at 31 lbs. Hecla Ltd Lucky Friday Mine Unit leads reported pounds (58.7M lbs) at 10 chemicals (chemical-count #9). US Ecology Idaho Inc. leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (10.2M lbs, pounds #6). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Empire Lumber Co Weippe Operations; Idaho Forest Group Grangeville Facility; Idaho Forest Group-Lewiston; Clearwater Paper Corp-Ppd & Cpd Idaho. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Idaho: Oklahoma Pole & Lumber Co; Edwards Wood Products Inc.; Bell Lumber & Pole Co; Idaho Forest Group- St. Regis. Other Empire Lumber Co sites in this extract: Empire Lumber Co Weippe Operations. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead.
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (85.2% air releases) across 1 chemical · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 31 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Oklahoma Pole & Lumber Co and Edwards Wood Products Inc..
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
31 lbs 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) inside Lewis's TRI pounds
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) reports the 443rd-largest volume (31 lbs). This one site accounts for 100% of every pound reported in Lewis. Scale peers outside Idaho include Oklahoma Pole & Lumber Co and Edwards Wood Products Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Lewis's reported pounds (31 lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 31 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases held roughly flat (6 lbs to 6 lbs).
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills): annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) year-over-year reported totals (held roughly flat from 2019 to 2023). 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: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 6 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 1 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead | 31 lbs | Carcinogen |
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills)
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Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Idaho - e.g. Oklahoma Pole & Lumber Co, Edwards Wood Products Inc., Bell Lumber & Pole Co.
Other Empire Lumber Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Empire Lumber Co Weippe Operations.
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 Lead; nearby reporters include Empire Lumber Co Weippe Operations. Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kamiah, ID, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321113 · Wood Products. 100% of Lewis TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Certainteed (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Empire Lumber Co (dba Kamiah Mills) stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. 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