EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant
Cassatt, SC · Parent: New South Cos Inc
- Total releases
- 170.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant: how the 170.1K lbs splits
170.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 170.1K lbs 100.0%
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant's 170.1K 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.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cassatt, SC, in the wood products sector. It reported 37.8K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals in 2023, and 170.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 3,522 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. New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant is pounds #119 and chemical-count #176 at 170.1K 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Denkai America Inc; Ge Appliances a Haier Co - Camden; Inv Camden Plant; Concrete Supply Co - Camden. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside South Carolina: Morehouse Bioenergy LLC; Weyerhaeuser Nr Co - Lumber Technologies; Interfor US Inc Baxley Div; Huber Engineered Woods LLC. Other New South Cos Inc sites in this extract: New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos. - Conway Plant. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Manganese compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds; Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds.
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 170.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Morehouse Bioenergy LLC and Weyerhaeuser Nr Co - Lumber Technologies.
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
170K 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
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant: Methanol-led volume
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant reports the 96th-largest volume, placing it in the top 11.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 97.8% of the total. Scale peers outside South Carolina include Morehouse Bioenergy LLC and Weyerhaeuser Nr Co - Lumber Technologies.
Concentrated means ≥60% of New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Methanol at 97.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant's total reported releases fell from 38.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant's air releases fell from 38.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 170.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 27% (29.8K lbs to 37.8K lbs).
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant: 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 New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 27% 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 | 29.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 32.6K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 31.0K lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 38.8K lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 37.8K lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 166.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 3.6K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 102 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including Denkai America Inc, Ge Appliances a Haier Co - Camden, Inv Camden Plant, 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. Morehouse Bioenergy LLC, Weyerhaeuser Nr Co - Lumber Technologies, Interfor US Inc Baxley Div.
Compare beyond South Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant on cumulative reported pounds (170.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Mylar Specialty Films Spruance, Tessenderlo Kerely Inc., Continental Carbon Co Phenix City. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis 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).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
Other New South Cos Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos. - Conway Plant.
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, Manganese compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds; nearby reporters include Denkai America Inc. New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant 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 New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cassatt, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321113 · Wood Products. 4.0% of Kershaw TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mylar Specialty Films Spruance (Δ 17 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
New South Lumber & Wood Preserving Cos Camden Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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