EPA TRI Facility · Furniture
Hickory Chair LLC
Hickory, NC · Parent: Rhf Investments Inc
- Total releases
- 265 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Hickory Chair LLC: how the 265 lbs splits
265 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 259 lbs 98.1%
- Air Releases 5 lbs 1.9%
Hickory Chair LLC's 265 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 98.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 1.9%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Hickory Chair LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hickory, NC, in the furniture sector. It reported 28 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 265 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,503 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. Hickory Chair LLC is pounds #493 and chemical-count #332 at 265 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant; Hickory White Casegoods Div; Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant; Abb Installation Products Inc.. Similar-scale Furniture peers outside North Carolina: Artco Bell Corp; Royston LLC; Brooklyn Bedding LLC; Robern Inc. Other Rhf Investments Inc sites in this extract: Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead And Lead Compounds; Lead compounds; Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.
Hickory Chair LLC stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (98.1% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 265 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Artco Bell Corp and Royston LLC.
Hickory Chair LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
265 lbs 40th percentile higher than 40% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hickory Chair LLC in the Furniture sector extract
Among the 185 Furniture facilities in this database, Hickory Chair LLC reports the 127th-largest volume (265 lbs). Scale peers outside North Carolina include Artco Bell Corp and Royston LLC.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Hickory Chair LLC's total reported releases fell from 49 lb in 2022 to 28 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Hickory Chair LLC's off-site transfers fell from 48 lb in 2022 to 28 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Hickory Chair LLC Form-R facts
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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 Hickory Chair LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 265 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 54% (61 lbs to 28 lbs).
Hickory Chair LLC: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hickory Chair LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 54% 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 And Lead Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 61 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 72 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 55 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 49 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 28 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 187 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 77 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Hickory Chair LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hickory Chair LLC
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant, Hickory White Casegoods Div, Shurtape Technologies LLC - Hickory Tape Plant, 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. Artco Bell Corp, Royston LLC, Brooklyn Bedding LLC.
Other Rhf Investments Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Century Furniture Casegoods Plant No 1.
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 And Lead Compounds, Lead compounds, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds; nearby reporters include Sonoco Hickory Inc. - Hickory Plant. Hickory Chair LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE 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 Hickory Chair LLC TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead And Lead Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hickory Chair LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hickory, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 337121 · Furniture. 0.0% of Catawba TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bae Systems Controls Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hickory Chair LLC stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Lead And Lead Compounds. 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