EPA TRI Facility · Printing
Dingley Press
Lisbon, ME
- Total releases
- 55.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Dingley Press: how the 62.9K lbs splits
62.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 62.9K lbs 100.0%
Dingley Press's 62.9K 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: Certain glycol ethers.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CLEAN
Dingley Press is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Lisbon, ME, in the printing sector. It reported 7.8K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 55.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 5,909 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maine's 81 reporting TRI sites, Sappi N.a. Inc. - Somerset Operations leads both reported pounds (10.6M lbs) and chemical count (31 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston Facility; Polymer Laboratories & Solutions LLC; Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC DBA Northeast Paving; Pioneer Plastics Corp. Similar-scale Printing peers outside Maine: Oliver Inc.; Tegrant Alloyd Brands Inc (dba Sonoco Alloyd); Kurz Transfer Products LP; Quad/graphics Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Ethylene glycol; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Dingley Press stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 55.1K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Oliver Inc. and Tegrant Alloyd Brands Inc (dba Sonoco Alloyd).
Dingley Press vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
55K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Dingley Press: Certain glycol ethers-led volume
Among the 144 Printing facilities in this database, Dingley Press reports the 22nd-largest volume, placing it in the top 15.3% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 80.8% of the total. Scale peers outside Maine include Oliver Inc. and Tegrant Alloyd Brands Inc (dba Sonoco Alloyd).
Concentrated means ≥60% of Dingley Press's pounds in one chemical - here Certain glycol ethers at 80.8%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Dingley Press's total reported releases rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Dingley Press's air releases rose from 9.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Dingley Press Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Dingley Press releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 62.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 51% (15.8K lbs to 7.8K lbs).
Dingley Press: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Dingley Press year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 51% from 2019 to 2024). 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: Certain glycol ethers.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 10.1K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 9.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 9.9K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 10.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 7.8K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 50.8K lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 6.1K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 6.0K lbs | - |
Dingley Press · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Dingley Press
Closest other reporters in Maine - including Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston Facility, Polymer Laboratories & Solutions LLC, Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC DBA Northeast Paving, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 80 other reporting facilities in Maine.
Similar Printing Facilities
Other Printing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maine - e.g. Oliver Inc., Tegrant Alloyd Brands Inc (dba Sonoco Alloyd), Kurz Transfer Products LP.
Compare beyond Maine
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Dingley Press on cumulative reported pounds (55.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Bulldog Gas Plant, Arclin USA LLC, Swagelok Processing Co. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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 Certain glycol ethers, Ethylene glycol, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Avient Colorants USA LLC - Lewiston Facility. Dingley Press stamps LIGHT volume · AIR 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.
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This Dingley Press TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Dingley Press totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Lisbon, ME, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 323111 · Printing. 12.2% of Androscoggin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bulldog Gas Plant (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Dingley Press stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CLEAN · lead Certain glycol ethers. 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