Phenol
Phenol releases at Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard rose from 4k lb to 15k lb (3.8×) between 2023 and 2024.
Total reported releases 279k lb rose meaningfully year over year (+17%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2019.
5851 ARAUCO RD., Grayling, Michigan · 321219 · Wood Products · operated by Arauco North America INC
Phenol releases at Arauco Na Grayling Particleboard rose from 4k lb to 15k lb (3.8×) between 2023 and 2024.
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2019.
Formaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2019.
Acetaldehyde concentrations have more than doubled since 2019.
Manganese And Manganese Compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Propionaldehyde concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Phenol concentrations have more than doubled since 2022.
Lead concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2022.
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 539. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.