EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill
Riegelwood, NC · Parent: West Fraser Timber Co Ltd
- Total releases
- 158.2K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill: how the 158.2K lbs splits
158.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 158.2K lbs 100.0%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill's 158.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: land disposal at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Methanol.
MID volume AIR pathway CLEAN
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Riegelwood, NC, in the wood products sector. It reported 29.3K lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2023, and 158.2K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,653 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. West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill is pounds #120 and chemical-count #520 at 158.2K 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: International Paper Riegelwood Mill; Bakelite Synthetics; Entegris Inc.; Victaulic Co - Leland Facility. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside North Carolina: Collums Lumber Mill Inc.; Interfor US Inc; Weyerhaeuser Nr Co-Emerson Plywood; Chemco Inc. Other West Fraser Timber Co Ltd sites in this extract: West Fraser McDavid Lumber Mill; Henderson Lumber Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol.
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 158.2K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Collums Lumber Mill Inc. and Interfor US Inc.
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
158K lbs Top 14% higher than 86% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill: Methanol-led volume
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill reports the 104th-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Collums Lumber Mill Inc. and Interfor US Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill's total reported releases rose from 27.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill's air releases rose from 27.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 29.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 158.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 18% (35.7K lbs to 29.3K lbs).
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill: 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 West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 18% 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: Methanol.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 35.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 36.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 29.3K lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 27.8K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 29.3K lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 158.2K lbs | - |
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including International Paper Riegelwood Mill, Bakelite Synthetics, Entegris Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Collums Lumber Mill Inc., Interfor US Inc, Weyerhaeuser Nr Co-Emerson Plywood.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill on cumulative reported pounds (158.2K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Collums Lumber Mill Inc., Nucor Corp Vulcraft Div, Precision International. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. 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).
Other West Fraser Timber Co Ltd Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including West Fraser McDavid Lumber Mill, Henderson Lumber Mill.
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 Methanol; nearby reporters include International Paper Riegelwood Mill. West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN 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 West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill TRI extract (MID · AIR · CLEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Riegelwood, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321113 · Wood Products. 0.9% of Columbus TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Collums Lumber Mill Inc. (Δ 19 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
West Fraser Armour Lumber Mill stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Methanol. 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