EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Jay, ME · Parent: Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC
- Total releases
- 1.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 20
- Carcinogens
- 6
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
Pixelle Specialty Solutions: how the 1.7M lbs splits
1.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 1.1M lbs 68.7%
- Water Discharges 362.8K lbs 21.9%
- Land Disposal 152.0K lbs 9.2%
- Off-site Transfers 4.3K lbs 0.3%
Pixelle Specialty Solutions's 1.7M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 68.7% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 21.9%. 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 MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
Pixelle Specialty Solutions is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Jay, ME, in the paper sector. It reported 37.6K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2022, and 1.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2022 reporting years. That ranks 965 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. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div; Pike Industries Inc. - Phillips; Pike Industries Inc. - Sidney; Kenway Composites. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Maine: Sylvamo Ticonderoga Mill; Boise White Paper LLC; North Pacific Paper Co LLC Longview; Ahlstrom Mosinee LLC. Other Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC sites in this extract: Water Renewal Center; Stevens Point Mill. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Methanol; Ammonia; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Pixelle Specialty Solutions is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Jay, ME: 1.7M lbs across 20 chemicals (6 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 68.7%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Sylvamo Ticonderoga Mill and Boise White Paper LLC.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.7M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Pixelle Specialty Solutions inside Franklin's TRI pounds
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Pixelle Specialty Solutions reports the 103rd-largest volume (1.7M lbs). This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Franklin. Scale peers outside Maine include Sylvamo Ticonderoga Mill and Boise White Paper LLC.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Franklin's reported pounds (1.7M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions Form-R facts
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26% less 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 Pixelle Specialty Solutions releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2022, total releases decreased by 97% (1.2M lbs to 37.6K lbs).
Pixelle Specialty Solutions: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2022
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
What this shows Pixelle Specialty Solutions year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 97% 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 | 1.2M lbs | 19 |
| 2020 | 365.8K lbs | 15 |
| 2021 | 40.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 37.6K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2022). 6 of 20 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Methanol | 652.3K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 287.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 239.8K lbs | - |
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 188.2K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 77.1K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 72.2K lbs | - |
| Cresol (mixed isomers) | 35.8K lbs | - |
| Acetaldehyde | 31.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Phenol | 30.4K lbs | - |
| Formaldehyde | 19.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 14.0K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 8.4K lbs | - |
| Naphthalene | 1.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 764 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 196 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine dioxide | 177 lbs | - |
| Catechol | 100 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 24 lbs | - |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 3 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Pixelle Specialty Solutions in Franklin
Nearest TRI Facilities to Pixelle Specialty Solutions
Closest other reporters in Maine - including Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div, Pike Industries Inc. - Phillips, Pike Industries Inc. - Sidney, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 80 other reporting facilities in Maine.
Similar Paper Facilities
Other Paper facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maine - e.g. Sylvamo Ticonderoga Mill, Boise White Paper LLC, North Pacific Paper Co LLC Longview.
Compare beyond Maine
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Pixelle Specialty Solutions on cumulative reported pounds (1.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (20). Release-pound peers include Dyno Nobel Inc.--Lomo Plant, Centauri Technologies LLC, Darling Ingredients Inc. Chemical-count peers include Chemours Chambers Works, Fisher Scientific Co. L.L.C., Sylvamo Ticonderoga Mill. 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).
Other Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Water Renewal Center, Stevens Point Mill.
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 And Manganese Compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Nd Paper Inc. - Rumford Div. Pixelle Specialty Solutions stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED 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 Pixelle Specialty Solutions TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Methanol) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Jay, ME, latest year 2022. Form-R rows span 2019–2022 (4 years). NAICS 322110 · Paper. more than 99.9% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dyno Nobel Inc.--Lomo Plant (Δ 588 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 68.7%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. 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