EPA TRI Facility · Furniture
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1
Hickory, NC · Parent: Rhf Investments Inc
- Total releases
- 131.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1: how the 131.4K lbs splits
131.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 131.4K lbs 100.0%
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1's 131.4K 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: n-Butyl alcohol.
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.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hickory, NC, in the furniture sector. It reported 29.2K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 131.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 4,010 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 is pounds #138 and chemical-count #271 at 131.4K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Southern Concrete Materials-Hickory (kerrs); Hk Research Corp; Structural Steel of Carolina; Hickory White Casegoods Div. Similar-scale Furniture peers outside North Carolina: Mastercraft Industries Inc; Wf Cabinetry; Woodland Cabinetry Inc; Cabinetworks Group Mt. Sterling. Other Rhf Investments Inc sites in this extract: Hickory Chair LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol; Toluene; Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 131.4K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Mastercraft Industries Inc and Wf Cabinetry.
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
131K lbs Top 15% higher than 85% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1: n-Butyl alcohol-led volume
Among the 185 Furniture facilities in this database, Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 reports the 43rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.2% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: n-Butyl alcohol alone is 61.8% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Mastercraft Industries Inc and Wf Cabinetry.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1's pounds in one chemical - here n-Butyl alcohol at 61.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1's total reported releases rose from 28.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1's air releases rose from 28.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 131.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 36% (21.5K lbs to 29.2K lbs).
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 year-over-year reported totals (increased by 36% 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: n-Butyl alcohol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 21.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 22.2K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 30.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 28.6K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 29.2K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| n-Butyl alcohol | 81.2K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 50.2K lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Southern Concrete Materials-Hickory (kerrs), Hk Research Corp, Structural Steel of Carolina, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Furniture Facilities
Other Furniture facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Mastercraft Industries Inc, Wf Cabinetry, Woodland Cabinetry Inc.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 on cumulative reported pounds (131.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Panasonic Energy Corp of America Lithium Div, Greif Industrial Packaging & Services, Timber Products Co Medford. 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.
- Panasonic Energy Corp of America Lithium Div Columbus, GA · Electrical Equipment 131.4K lbs reported
- Greif Industrial Packaging & Services Winfield, KS · Fabricated Metals 131.5K lbs reported
- Timber Products Co Medford Medford, OR · Wood Products 131.3K lbs reported
- Coating Place Inc Verona, WI · Chemicals 131.6K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Rhf Investments Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Hickory Chair LLC.
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 n-Butyl alcohol, Toluene, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds; nearby reporters include Southern Concrete Materials-Hickory (kerrs). Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead n-Butyl alcohol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hickory, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 337122 · Furniture. 1.6% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Panasonic Energy Corp of America Lithium Div (Δ 12 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1 stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead n-Butyl alcohol. 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