EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc.
Millwood, KY
- Total releases
- 115 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
MIXED Form-R mix
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc.: how the 115 lbs splits
115 lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 65 lbs 56.5%
- Off-site Transfers 50 lbs 43.5%
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc.'s 115 lbs Form-R total is MIXED - water discharges is 56.5% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 43.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Arsenic compounds.
TRACE volume MIXED pathway CARC-MID
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Millwood, KY, in the wood products sector. It reported 115 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 16,402 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. is pounds #367 and chemical-count #237 at 115 lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Leggett & Platt Inc; Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Leitchfield Facility; N.o.f. - Fordsville; Perdue Foods LLC - Cromwell Processing Plant. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Kentucky: Guy Bennett Lumber Co; Southern Wood Chips LLC; Rosboro LLC - Vaughn; Rosboro Co LLC Springfield Facility. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Arsenic compounds; Copper compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. is a TRACE · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Millwood, KY: 115 lbs across 3 chemicals (1 carcinogen-classified, CARC-MID). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment water discharges at 56.5%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Guy Bennett Lumber Co and Southern Wood Chips LLC.
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
115 lbs 37th percentile higher than 37% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. in the Wood Products sector extract
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. reports the 406th-largest volume (115 lbs). Scale peers outside Kentucky include Guy Bennett Lumber Co and Southern Wood Chips LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 115 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (73 lbs to 0 lbs).
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Arsenic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 73 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 42 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenic compounds | 42 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Copper compounds | 38 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 35 lbs | - |
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. in Grayson
Nearest TRI Facilities to Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc.
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Leggett & Platt Inc, Mtd Consumer Group Inc - Leitchfield Facility, N.o.f. - Fordsville, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Guy Bennett Lumber Co, Southern Wood Chips LLC, Rosboro LLC - Vaughn.
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 Arsenic compounds, Copper compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Leggett & Platt Inc. Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. stamps TRACE volume · MIXED 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.
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This Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. TRI extract (TRACE · MIXED · CARC-MID · lead Arsenic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Millwood, KY, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321114 · Wood Products. 0.1% of Grayson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: New Hampshire Ball Bearings Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Great Southern Wood - Ky Inc. stamps TRACE · MIXED pathway (water discharges leads at 56.5%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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