EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc.
Cosmopolis, WA
- Total releases
- 2.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc.: how the 2.6M lbs splits
2.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 2.0M lbs 78.4%
- Air Releases 376.8K lbs 14.7%
- Off-site Transfers 177.7K lbs 6.9%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc.'s 2.6M lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 78.4% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 14.7%. 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.
HEAVY volume WATER pathway CARC-LEAN
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Cosmopolis, WA, in the paper sector. It reported 530.7K lbs of releases across 12 chemicals in 2022, and 2.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 723 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Washington's 311 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. is pounds #9 and chemical-count #17 at 2.6M lbs. Lamb Weston Inc Richland Facility leads reported pounds (13.1M lbs) at 3 chemicals (chemical-count #106). Hf Sinclair Puget Sound Refining LLC leads chemical count at 46 chemicals (711.7K lbs, pounds #26). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Spi Aberdeen-Grays Harbor; Pacific Veneer; Reg Grays Harbor LLC; Paneltech. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Washington: Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC; Interstate Paper LLC DBA Dssmith Riceboro; International Paper Co - Port Wentworth; Gp Big Island LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant WATER pathway (78.4% water discharges) across 14 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 2.6M lbs (2019–2022). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC and Interstate Paper LLC DBA Dssmith Riceboro.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
2.6M lbs Top 3% higher than 97% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. inside Grays Harbor's TRI pounds
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. reports the 91st-largest volume, placing it in the top 23.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 83.7% of every pound reported in Grays Harbor. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Methanol alone is 80.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Washington include Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC and Interstate Paper LLC DBA Dssmith Riceboro.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Grays Harbor's reported pounds (3.1M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 2.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 37% (837.9K lbs to 530.7K lbs).
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · WATER pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021
- 2022
What this shows Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 37% from 2019 to 2022). 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 | 837.9K lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 328.2K lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 864.8K lbs | 11 |
| 2022 | 530.7K lbs | 12 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 3 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 2.0M lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 137.2K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 120.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 73.5K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 68.6K lbs | - |
| Chlorine | 43.5K lbs | - |
| Chlorine dioxide | 36.4K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 28.2K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formic acid | 2.5K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 1.4K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 557 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 76 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 7 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc.
Closest other reporters in Washington - including Spi Aberdeen-Grays Harbor, Pacific Veneer, Reg Grays Harbor LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 310 other reporting facilities in Washington.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Washington - e.g. Georgia-Pacific Wauna LLC, Interstate Paper LLC DBA Dssmith Riceboro, International Paper Co - Port Wentworth.
Compare beyond Washington
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (2.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Stepan Co Millsdale Road, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co, Occidental Chemical Corp Luling. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. 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).
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, Ammonia, Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds; nearby reporters include Spi Aberdeen-Grays Harbor. Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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 Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. TRI extract (HEAVY · WATER · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Cosmopolis, WA, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 322110 · Paper. 83.7% of Grays Harbor TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Stepan Co Millsdale Road (Δ 2.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers Inc. stamps HEAVY volume · WATER 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