EPA TRI Facility · Paper
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations
Westbrook, ME · Parent: Sdw Holdings Corp
- Total releases
- 457.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations: how the 538.2K lbs splits
538.2K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 500.6K lbs 93.0%
- Off-site Transfers 32.6K lbs 6.1%
- Water Discharges 5.0K lbs 0.9%
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations's 538.2K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 93.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 6.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Certain glycol ethers.
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.
MID volume AIR pathway TRACE-CARC
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Westbrook, ME, in the paper sector. It reported 80.9K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 457.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 2,052 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Pike Industries - Westbrook; Maine Standard Biofuels; Nichols Portland; Silvex Inc. Similar-scale Paper peers outside Maine: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC; Appvion Operations Inc; 3M Co - Knoxville; Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson LLC. Other Sdw Holdings Corp sites in this extract: Sappi N.a. Inc. - Somerset Operations; Sappi Cloquet LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Certain glycol ethers; Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Lead And Lead Compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations stamps MID volume with a dominant AIR pathway (93.0% air releases) across 7 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 457.3K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC and Appvion Operations Inc.
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
457K lbs Top 8% higher than 92% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations inside Cumberland's TRI pounds
Among the 384 Paper facilities in this database, Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations reports the 131st-largest volume (457.3K lbs). This one site accounts for 46.6% of every pound reported in Cumberland. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Certain glycol ethers alone is 77.0% of the total. Scale peers outside Maine include Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC and Appvion Operations Inc.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Cumberland's reported pounds (981.3K lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations's total reported releases fell from 68.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 67.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations's off-site transfers rose from 41 lb in 2022 to 492 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations's chemicals reported rose from 1 in 2022 to 2 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations's water releases rose from 900 lb in 2022 to 1.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations Form-R facts
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See how Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
304885.7× more than the comparison
2.3× more 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 Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 538.2K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 36% (126.6K lbs to 80.9K lbs).
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 36% 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 | 126.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 113.0K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 81.9K lbs | 5 |
| 2022 | 68.4K lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 67.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 80.9K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Certain glycol ethers | 414.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 87.5K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 26.6K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 6.2K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 3.3K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 37 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 2 lbs | - |
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations
Closest other reporters in Maine - including Pike Industries - Westbrook, Maine Standard Biofuels, Nichols Portland, 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. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC, Appvion Operations Inc, 3M Co - Knoxville.
Compare beyond Maine
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations on cumulative reported pounds (457.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp., Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC, Zekelman Industries, Sharon Tube Division-Church St. Chemical-count peers include Hubbell Caribe Ltd, Celanese Microcircuits Industries Ltd., Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority. 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.
- Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. Headland, AL · Food 457.3K lbs reported
- Nouryon Functional Chemicals LLC Axis, AL · Chemicals 457.2K lbs reported
- Zekelman Industries, Sharon Tube Division-Church St Farrell, PA · Primary Metals 457.5K lbs reported
- Valero Refining - Meraux LLC Meraux Refinery Meraux, LA · Petroleum 457.8K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Sdw Holdings Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sappi N.a. Inc. - Somerset Operations, Sappi Cloquet LLC.
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, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead And Lead Compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Pike Industries - Westbrook. Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations TRI extract (MID · AIR · TRACE-CARC · lead Certain glycol ethers) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Westbrook, ME, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 322121 · Paper. 46.6% of Cumberland TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Red Star Yeast LLC / Lesaffre Yeast Corp. (Δ 48 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sappi N.a. - Westbrook Operations stamps MID volume · AIR pathway · TRACE-CARC · 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