EPA TRI Facility · Food
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC
Houlton, ME · Parent: Tlhus Inc
- Total releases
- 14.3K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC: how the 16.0K lbs splits
16.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 16.0K lbs 100.0%
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC's 16.0K 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: Propylene oxide.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-HEAVY
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Houlton, ME, in the food sector. It reported 1.7K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2024, and 14.3K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 8,998 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: Louisiana-Pacific Corp; Smith & Wesson Inc - Houlton; Daaquam Lumber Maine Inc.; McCain Foods USA Inc. Similar-scale Food peers outside Maine: Tree Top Inc Wenatchee Plant; Darigold-Bozeman; Givaudan Flavors Corp; Peco Foods Inc - Batesville Processing. Other Tlhus Inc sites in this extract: Tate & Lyle Sagamore; Tate & Lyle Sucralose LLC; Tate&lyle Van Buren. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Propylene oxide; Polycyclic aromatic compounds.
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 14.3K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tree Top Inc Wenatchee Plant and Darigold-Bozeman.
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
14K lbs Top 35% higher than 65% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC: Propylene oxide-led volume
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC reports the 874th-largest volume (14.3K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Propylene oxide alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Maine include Tree Top Inc Wenatchee Plant and Darigold-Bozeman.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Propylene oxide at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC's total reported releases fell from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC's air releases fell from 3.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC Form-R facts
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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 Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 16.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 48% (3.2K lbs to 1.7K lbs).
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC: 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 Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 48% 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: Propylene oxide.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3.2K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.5K lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 2.8K lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 3.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 2.4K lbs | 2 |
| 2024 | 1.7K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 2 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Propylene oxide | 16.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC
Closest other reporters in Maine - including Louisiana-Pacific Corp, Smith & Wesson Inc - Houlton, Daaquam Lumber Maine Inc., ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 80 other reporting facilities in Maine.
Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maine - e.g. Tree Top Inc Wenatchee Plant, Darigold-Bozeman, Givaudan Flavors Corp.
Compare beyond Maine
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC on cumulative reported pounds (14.3K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Bullard Abrasives Inc, Metal Technologies Inc. Ravenna Ductile Iron, Zaclon LLC. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. 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.
- Bullard Abrasives Inc Lincoln, RI · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 14.3K lbs reported
- Metal Technologies Inc. Ravenna Ductile Iron Ravenna, MI · Primary Metals 14.3K lbs reported
- Zaclon LLC Cleveland, OH · Chemical Wholesalers 14.3K lbs reported
- Andersen Air Force Base (us Air Force) Yigo, GU · Other 14.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Tlhus Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Tate & Lyle Sagamore, Tate & Lyle Sucralose LLC, Tate&lyle Van Buren.
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 Propylene oxide, Polycyclic aromatic compounds; nearby reporters include Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY 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 Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-HEAVY · lead Propylene oxide) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Houlton, ME, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 311221 · Food. 0.1% of Aroostook TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Bullard Abrasives Inc (Δ 2 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Tate & Lyle Solutions USA LLC stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Propylene oxide. 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