EPA TRI Facility · Petroleum
Wood River Refinery
Roxana, IL · Parent: Wrb Refining LP
- Total releases
- 13.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 42
- Carcinogens
- 12
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Wood River Refinery: how the 13.5M lbs splits
13.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 10.9M lbs 80.7%
- Air Releases 2.2M lbs 16.3%
- Off-site Transfers 406.5K lbs 3.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Wood River Refinery's 13.5M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 80.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 16.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
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.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CARC-LEAN
Wood River Refinery is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Roxana, IL, in the petroleum sector. It reported 2.6M lbs of releases across 39 chemicals in 2023, and 13.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 145 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Wood River Refinery is pounds #6 and chemical-count #3 at 13.5M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Premcor Hartford Distribution Center; Phillips 66 Terminal; Wieland Rolled Products N.a. - East Alton Casting P; Olin Winchester LLC Main Plant. Similar-scale Petroleum peers outside Illinois: Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.; Exxonmobil Refining & Supply Baytown Refinery (part); Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery; Chevron Products Co. Div of Chevron USA Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Benzene; Toluene.
Wood River Refinery stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (80.7% water discharges) across 42 chemicals · 12 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 13.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. and Exxonmobil Refining & Supply Baytown Refinery (part).
Wood River Refinery vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
13M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Wood River Refinery inside Madison's TRI pounds
Among the 902 Petroleum facilities in this database, Wood River Refinery reports the 6th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 43.8% of every pound reported in Madison. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 80.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Illinois include Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. and Exxonmobil Refining & Supply Baytown Refinery (part).
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Madison's reported pounds (30.8M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Wood River Refinery's total reported releases fell from 3.1 million lb in 2022 to 2.6 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wood River Refinery's off-site transfers rose from 64.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 87.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wood River Refinery's water releases fell from 2.6 million lb in 2022 to 2.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Wood River Refinery's chemicals reported rose from 38 in 2022 to 39 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Wood River Refinery Form-R facts
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See how Wood River Refinery stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
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6.0× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Wood River Refinery releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 13.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 4% (2.7M lbs to 2.6M lbs).
Wood River Refinery: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Wood River Refinery year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 4% 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: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.7M lbs | 40 |
| 2020 | 2.3M lbs | 41 |
| 2021 | 2.7M lbs | 41 |
| 2022 | 3.1M lbs | 38 |
| 2023 | 2.6M lbs | 39 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 12 of 42 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Wood River Refinery · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Wood River Refinery
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Premcor Hartford Distribution Center, Phillips 66 Terminal, Wieland Rolled Products N.a. - East Alton Casting P, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 950 other reporting facilities in Illinois.
Similar Petroleum Facilities
Other Petroleum facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Safety-Kleen Systems Inc., Exxonmobil Refining & Supply Baytown Refinery (part), Phillips 66 Co-Bayway Refinery.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Wood River Refinery on cumulative reported pounds (13.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (42). Release-pound peers include Georgia-Pacific Naheola LLC, Ineos Pigments USA Inc, Springerville Generating Station. Chemical-count peers include US Army Picatinny Arsenal, Delaware City Refinery, Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex. 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).
- US Army Picatinny Arsenal Picatinny Arsenal, NJ · Other 42 chemicals
- Delaware City Refinery Delaware City, DE · Petroleum 42 chemicals
- Sasol Chemicals (usa) Llc-Lake Charles Chemical Complex Westlake, LA · Chemicals 42 chemicals
- Chevron Products Co - Salt Lake Refinery Salt Lake City, UT · Petroleum 42 chemicals
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Benzene, Toluene; nearby reporters include Premcor Hartford Distribution Center. Wood River Refinery stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Wood River Refinery TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Wood River Refinery totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Roxana, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 324110 · Petroleum. 43.8% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Georgia-Pacific Naheola LLC (Δ 592 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Wood River Refinery stamps HEAVY volume · WATER pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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