EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood
Chester, SC · Parent: Boise Cascade Co
- Total releases
- 356.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood: how the 356.7K lbs splits
356.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 356.7K lbs 100.0%
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood's 356.7K 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: Methanol.
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
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Chester, SC, in the wood products sector. It reported 83.0K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 356.7K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,358 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood is pounds #70 and chemical-count #215 at 356.7K lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Electric Glass Fiber America LLC; Engineered Polymer Solutions; Building Materials Manufacturing LLC; Coatex Inc. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside South Carolina: Egger - Lexington Particleboard Plant; Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC - Brookneal Osb; Louisiana Pacific Corp. Roxboro Osb; Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC - Fordyce Osb. Other Boise Cascade Co sites in this extract: Boise Cascade Wood Products Florien Operations; Boise Cascade Wood Products; Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Medford Plywood; Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Kettle Falls Plywood. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Phenol; Formaldehyde.
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 356.7K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Egger - Lexington Particleboard Plant and Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC - Brookneal Osb.
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
357K lbs Top 9% higher than 91% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood inside Chester's TRI pounds
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood reports the 30th-largest volume, placing it in the top 3.6% of its sector. This one site accounts for 52.1% of every pound reported in Chester. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 90.8% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Egger - Lexington Particleboard Plant and Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC - Brookneal Osb.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Chester's reported pounds (685.0K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood's total reported releases rose from 66.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 83.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood's air releases rose from 66.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 83.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood Form-R facts
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3.0× more than the comparison
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 Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 356.7K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 47% (56.7K lbs to 83.0K lbs).
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood: 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 Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood year-over-year reported totals (increased by 47% 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 | 56.7K lbs | 1 |
| 2020 | 64.1K lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 86.4K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 66.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 83.0K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 324.0K lbs | - |
| Phenol | 20.1K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 12.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Electric Glass Fiber America LLC, Engineered Polymer Solutions, Building Materials Manufacturing LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Egger - Lexington Particleboard Plant, Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC - Brookneal Osb, Louisiana Pacific Corp. Roxboro Osb.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood on cumulative reported pounds (356.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include J R Simplot Co, Limetree Bay Terminals LLC DBA Ocean Point Terminals, U.S. Amines (bucks) LLC. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Boise Cascade Co Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Boise Cascade Wood Products Florien Operations, Boise Cascade Wood Products, Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC Medford Plywood.
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, Phenol, Formaldehyde; nearby reporters include Electric Glass Fiber America LLC. Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood 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 Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Chester, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321212 · Wood Products. 52.1% of Chester TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: J R Simplot Co (Δ 65 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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