EPA TRI Facility · Food
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties
Essex, MD
- Total releases
- 47 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 1
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties: how the 76 lbs splits
76 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 76 lbs 100.0%
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties's 76 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: 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Essex, MD, in the food sector. It reported 28 lbs of releases across 1 chemical in 2024, and 47 lbs in total across its 2023-2024 reporting years. That ranks 17,272 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maryland's 152 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Flavor & Fragrance Specialties is pounds #112 and chemical-count #141 at 47 lbs. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds (9.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #37). Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (560.1K lbs, pounds #9). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Mw Components - Baltimore; Maryland Paving Rosedale LLC; Tilley Distribution; General Motors Baltimore Operations. Similar-scale Food peers outside Maryland: Tecumseh Poultry LLC - Waverly Plant; Wenger Feeds - Esbenshade Mill; Kent Nutrition Group Inc; Essentia Protein Solutions. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 1 chemical. Cumulative Form-R extract: 47 lbs (2023–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tecumseh Poultry LLC - Waverly Plant and Wenger Feeds - Esbenshade Mill.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
47 lbs 34th percentile higher than 34% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties in the Food sector extract
Among the 1,979 Food facilities in this database, Flavor & Fragrance Specialties reports the 1,293rd-largest volume (47 lbs). Scale peers outside Maryland include Tecumseh Poultry LLC - Waverly Plant and Wenger Feeds - Esbenshade Mill.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Flavor & Fragrance Specialties releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 76 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2023 to 2024, total releases decreased by 40% (47 lbs to 28 lbs).
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2023–2024
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Flavor & Fragrance Specialties year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 40% from 2023 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: 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 47 lbs | 1 |
| 2024 | 28 lbs | 1 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2024). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 76 lbs | - |
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Flavor & Fragrance Specialties
Closest other reporters in Maryland - including Mw Components - Baltimore, Maryland Paving Rosedale LLC, Tilley Distribution, ordered by distance.
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Similar Food Facilities
Other Food facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maryland - e.g. Tecumseh Poultry LLC - Waverly Plant, Wenger Feeds - Esbenshade Mill, Kent Nutrition Group Inc.
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 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran; nearby reporters include Mw Components - Baltimore. Flavor & Fragrance Specialties stamps TRACE 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.
Use and verify this record
This Flavor & Fragrance Specialties TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Essex, MD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2023–2024 (2 years). NAICS 311930 · Food. 0.0% of Baltimore TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Safety-Kleen Systems Dolomite (dal) (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Flavor & Fragrance Specialties stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran. 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