EPA TRI Facility · Machinery
Soleras Advanced Coatings
Biddeford, ME
- Total releases
- 1.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Soleras Advanced Coatings: how the 1.9K lbs splits
1.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.9K lbs 100.0%
Soleras Advanced Coatings's 1.9K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Soleras Advanced Coatings is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Biddeford, ME, in the machinery sector. It reported 484 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 1.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 13,296 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: Fiber Materials Inc; Kyocera Avx Components (biddeford) Corp; Intermat; Valmet Inc. Similar-scale Machinery peers outside Maine: Arrow Gear; Dresser-Rand; Durr Systems Inc.; Amerequip LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium; Zinc (fume or dust).
Soleras Advanced Coatings stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.4K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Arrow Gear and Dresser-Rand.
Soleras Advanced Coatings vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.4K lbs 49th percentile higher than 49% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Soleras Advanced Coatings: Chromium-led volume
Among the 1,186 Machinery facilities in this database, Soleras Advanced Coatings reports the 375th-largest volume (1.4K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Maine include Arrow Gear and Dresser-Rand.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Soleras Advanced Coatings's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Soleras Advanced Coatings Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Soleras Advanced Coatings releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases increased by 57% (308 lbs to 484 lbs).
Soleras Advanced Coatings: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2021 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Soleras Advanced Coatings year-over-year reported totals (increased by 57% 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: Chromium.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 308 lbs | 1 |
| 2021 | 376 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 761 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 484 lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium | 1.9K lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 0 lbs | - |
Soleras Advanced Coatings · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Soleras Advanced Coatings
Closest other reporters in Maine - including Fiber Materials Inc, Kyocera Avx Components (biddeford) Corp, Intermat, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Soleras Advanced Coatings on cumulative reported pounds (1.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (1). Release-pound peers include Kent Nutrition Group Inc, Fxi Inc. - Santa Teresa, Ekc Technology Inc.. Chemical-count peers include Ecoelectrica LP, Planta Penuelas, Tallaboa Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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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 Chromium, Zinc (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Fiber Materials Inc. Soleras Advanced Coatings stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE 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 Soleras Advanced Coatings TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Chromium) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Soleras Advanced Coatings totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Biddeford, ME, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (4 years). NAICS 333999 · Machinery. 0.8% of York TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Kent Nutrition Group Inc (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Soleras Advanced Coatings stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Chromium. 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