EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant
Carthage, TX · Parent: Louisiana Pacific Corp
- Total releases
- 287.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant: how the 287.3K lbs splits
287.3K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 287.3K lbs 100.0%
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant's 287.3K 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: 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-MID
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Carthage, TX, in the wood products sector. It reported 54.7K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 287.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 2,647 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Texas's 2,016 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant is pounds #275 and chemical-count #444 at 287.3K lbs. Ascend Performance Materials-Chocolate Bayou Plant leads reported pounds (94.0M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #35). Veolia Es Technical Solutions LLC Port Arthur Facility leads chemical count at 246 chemicals (1.5M lbs, pounds #112). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant; Carthage Gas Plant; East Texas Gas Plant; Panola II Gas Plant. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Texas: Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Clarke County Osb; Biewer Sawmill - Newton LLC; Huber Engineered Woods LLC; Weyerhaeuser Nr Co Bruce Facility. Other Louisiana Pacific Corp sites in this extract: Louisiana-Pacific Sagola Osb; Louisiana-Pacific Hayward Siding; Louisiana-Pacific Corp; Louisiana Pacific Corp. Roxboro Osb. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Formaldehyde; Acetaldehyde; Acrolein.
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 287.3K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Clarke County Osb and Biewer Sawmill - Newton LLC.
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
287K lbs Top 10% higher than 90% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant inside Panola's TRI pounds
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant reports the 42nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 5.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 67.2% of every pound reported in Panola. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 67.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Texas include Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Clarke County Osb and Biewer Sawmill - Newton LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Panola's reported pounds (427.7K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant's total reported releases fell from 60.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant's air releases fell from 60.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 54.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant Form-R facts
Compare this facility
See how Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
224.4× more than the comparison
7.0× 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 Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 287.3K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 4% (52.8K lbs to 54.7K lbs).
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb 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 Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 4% 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 | 52.8K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 60.1K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 59.2K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 60.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 54.7K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 192.5K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 83.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acetaldehyde | 9.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Acrolein | 1.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Diisocyanates | 383 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 24 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 18 lbs | - |
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant
Closest other reporters in Texas - including Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant, Carthage Gas Plant, East Texas Gas Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 2,015 other reporting facilities in Texas.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Texas - e.g. Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Clarke County Osb, Biewer Sawmill - Newton LLC, Huber Engineered Woods LLC.
Compare beyond Texas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant on cumulative reported pounds (287.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC - Evansville, Ineos Styrolution America LLC, Crown Food Packaging. 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.
- Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC - Evansville Fleetwood, PA · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 287.5K lbs reported
- Ineos Styrolution America LLC Channahon, IL · Chemicals 287.6K lbs reported
- Crown Food Packaging Toledo, OH · Fabricated Metals 287.6K lbs reported
- Scientific Developments Inc Eugene, OR · Plastics and Rubber 287.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Louisiana Pacific Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Louisiana-Pacific Sagola Osb, Louisiana-Pacific Hayward Siding, Louisiana-Pacific 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 Methanol, Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, Acrolein; nearby reporters include Tyson Poultry Inc. - Carthage Tx Processing Plant. Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant TRI extract (MID · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Carthage, TX, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 321219 · Wood Products. 67.2% of Panola TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Mallet CO2 Recovery Plant (Δ 103 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Louisiana Pacific Corp Carthage Osb Plant stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · 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