EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Hills Products Group
Whitewood, SD · Parent: Northwestern Engineering Co
- Total releases
- 0 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- -
TRACE volume NONE pathway CLEAN
Hills Products Group is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Whitewood, SD, in the wood products sector. That ranks 21,547 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Wharf Resources; Permian Tank & Manufacturing Inc Belle Fourche Plant; Pete Lien & Sons Inc; Truenorth Steel - Rapid City. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside South Dakota: Cahaba Timber Co; Littrell Brothers Lumber Co; Oldcastle Lawn & Garden; Cavalier Homes/clayton Tiny Homes. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Arsenic compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Copper compounds.
Hills Products Group is a TRACE-volume Form-R filer in Whitewood, SD (Wood Products): disclosures on file without reported release pounds through 2023. Silence on pounds is not a clearance finding. All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Cahaba Timber Co and Littrell Brothers Lumber Co.
Hills Products Group vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
0 lbs 0th percentile higher than 0% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Hills Products Group: zero-pound Form-R filing
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Hills Products Group filed Form R disclosures without reporting any release volume, one of 823 Wood Products facilities in this database. A zero total means nothing was reported under EPCRA Section 313, not that the site was assessed and found clean. Scale peers outside South Dakota include Cahaba Timber Co and Littrell Brothers Lumber Co.
Zero-pound filings still appear in the TRI extract; they are not a clearance finding. Compare Wharf Resources before treating silence as clean.
Hills Products Group 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.
Emissions Trend Summary
Hills Products Group: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · NONE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Hills Products Group year-over-year reported totals. 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: Arsenic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 0 lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Hills Products Group in Lawrence
Nearest TRI Facilities to Hills Products Group
Closest other reporters in South Dakota - including Wharf Resources, Permian Tank & Manufacturing Inc Belle Fourche Plant, Pete Lien & Sons Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 92 other reporting facilities in South Dakota.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Dakota - e.g. Cahaba Timber Co, Littrell Brothers Lumber Co, Oldcastle Lawn & Garden.
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 Arsenic compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Copper compounds; nearby reporters include Wharf Resources. Hills Products Group stamps TRACE volume · NONE 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 Hills Products Group TRI extract (TRACE · NONE · CLEAN · lead Arsenic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Hills Products Group totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Whitewood, SD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321114 · Wood Products. Pounds ≠ exposure.
Hills Products Group is a TRACE Form-R filer with no reported pounds in this extract. PlainEnviro renders the EPA row as filed - zero pounds is not a clearance finding. Corrections route through the 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