EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp
East Earl, PA · Parent: Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp
- Total releases
- 433.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp: how the 512.3K lbs splits
512.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 512.3K lbs 100.0%
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp's 512.3K 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
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 CARC-LEAN
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Earl, PA, in the wood products sector. It reported 78.6K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2024, and 433.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,119 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Pennsylvania's 1,010 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp is pounds #86 and chemical-count #146 at 433.7K lbs. Max Environmental -- Yukon Facility leads reported pounds (34.8M lbs) at 18 chemicals (chemical-count #24). Keystone Cement Co leads chemical count at 53 chemicals (155.4K lbs, pounds #149). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility; Tyson Poultry Inc-New Holland Complex; Cnh Industrial America LLC; Lippert Components Inc Plant 7. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Pennsylvania: Louisiana-Pacific Sagola Osb; Huber Engineered Woods LLC; Arauco N.a. Inc. - Duraflake Particleboard; Louisiana-Pacific Hayward Siding. Other Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp sites in this extract: Conestoga Kenly Plant & Sprayroom; Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Xylene (mixed isomers); Toluene; Methanol; Methyl isobutyl ketone.
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 433.7K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Louisiana-Pacific Sagola Osb and Huber Engineered Woods LLC.
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
434K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp in the Wood Products sector extract
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp reports the 23rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.8% of its sector. Scale peers outside Pennsylvania include Louisiana-Pacific Sagola Osb and Huber Engineered Woods 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
- Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp's total reported releases rose from 88.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 94.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp's air releases rose from 88.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 94.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 512.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 11% (88.3K lbs to 78.6K lbs).
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 11% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Xylene (mixed isomers).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 88.3K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 71.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 91.7K lbs | 7 |
| 2022 | 88.2K lbs | 7 |
| 2023 | 94.5K lbs | 7 |
| 2024 | 78.6K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 189.4K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 104.0K lbs | - |
| Methanol | 85.9K lbs | - |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 45.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 39.5K lbs | - |
| Certain glycol ethers | 28.9K lbs | - |
| Ethylbenzene | 19.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp
Closest other reporters in Pennsylvania - including Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility, Tyson Poultry Inc-New Holland Complex, Cnh Industrial America LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 1,009 other reporting facilities in Pennsylvania.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Pennsylvania - e.g. Louisiana-Pacific Sagola Osb, Huber Engineered Woods LLC, Arauco N.a. Inc. - Duraflake Particleboard.
Compare beyond Pennsylvania
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp on cumulative reported pounds (433.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Continental Cement Co LLC, Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC DBA Cleveland-Cliffs Wa, Redneck Outdoor Products LLC. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Continental Cement Co LLC Hannibal, MO · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 433.1K lbs reported
- Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC DBA Cleveland-Cliffs Wa Warren, OH · Petroleum 433.0K lbs reported
- Redneck Outdoor Products LLC Lamar, MO · Plastics and Rubber 433.0K lbs reported
- Denkai America Inc Camden, SC · Fabricated Metals 432.9K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Conestoga Kenly Plant & Sprayroom, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp.
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 Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene, Methanol, Methyl isobutyl ketone; nearby reporters include Darling Ingredients Inc. - Terre Hill Facility. Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp stamps MID volume · AIR 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 Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Earl, PA, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 321999 · Wood Products. 6.4% of Lancaster TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Continental Cement Co LLC (Δ 593 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Xylene (mixed isomers). 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