Boise Cascade Wood Products-Chester Plywood
Total reported releases 85k lb held roughly steady year over year (+3%). Total releases concentrations are up 39% since 2010.
1445 LANCASTER HWY, Chester, South Carolina · 321212 · Wood Products · operated by Boise Cascade Co
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
What This Facility Releases
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are up 20% since 2010.
Phenol
Phenol concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2021.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2017.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Chester County County, SC (no Census block groups within 3 miles — falling back to containing county): a population of 32,171. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 (5-year), county-level fallback. 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.