EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Sensient Colors LLC
Saint Louis, MO · Parent: Sensient Technologies Corp
- Total releases
- 548.1K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 7
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Sensient Colors LLC: how the 548.1K lbs splits
548.1K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 547.9K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 263 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Sensient Colors LLC's 548.1K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese compounds.
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 OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Sensient Colors LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Saint Louis, MO, in the chemicals sector. It reported 169.1K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 548.1K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,837 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Sensient Colors LLC is pounds #52 and chemical-count #88 at 548.1K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Connector Castings Inc; Killark; Mallinckrodt; Hermann Oak Leather Co. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside Missouri: Ifs Industries Inc; Braskem America Inc Neal Plant; Dynachem Inc; Tessenderlo Kerley Inc.. Other Sensient Technologies Corp sites in this extract: Sensient Flavors Llc.; Sensient Flavors LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone; n-Butyl alcohol.
Sensient Colors LLC stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 7 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 548.1K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Ifs Industries Inc and Braskem America Inc Neal Plant.
Sensient Colors LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
548K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Sensient Colors LLC: Manganese compounds-led volume
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Sensient Colors LLC reports the 375th-largest volume, placing it in the top 9.6% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese compounds alone is 63.5% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include Ifs Industries Inc and Braskem America Inc Neal Plant.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Sensient Colors LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese compounds at 63.5%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Sensient Colors LLC's total reported releases rose from 93.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 169.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sensient Colors LLC's off-site transfers rose from 93.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 169.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Sensient Colors LLC's air releases fell from 154 lb in 2022 to 30 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Sensient Colors LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Sensient Colors LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 548.1K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 94% (87.4K lbs to 169.1K lbs).
Sensient Colors LLC: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Sensient Colors LLC year-over-year reported totals (increased by 94% from 2019 to 2023). 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: Manganese compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 87.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2020 | 104.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2021 | 93.4K lbs | 6 |
| 2022 | 93.6K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 169.1K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 7 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | 347.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 189.5K lbs | - |
| N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 7.4K lbs | - |
| n-Butyl alcohol | 2.1K lbs | - |
| p-Cresidine | 891 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 373 lbs | - |
| Ethylene glycol | 0 lbs | - |
Sensient Colors LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Sensient Colors LLC
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including Connector Castings Inc, Killark, Mallinckrodt, ordered by distance.
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Similar Chemicals Facilities
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Sensient Colors LLC on cumulative reported pounds (548.1K lbs) and distinct chemical count (7). Release-pound peers include Ifs Industries Inc, Alliance One N.a. LLC, Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill. 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.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Sensient Technologies Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Sensient Flavors Llc., Sensient Flavors 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 Manganese compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, n-Butyl alcohol; nearby reporters include Connector Castings Inc. Sensient Colors LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE 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 Sensient Colors LLC TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Sensient Colors LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Saint Louis, MO, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325130 · Chemicals. 9.0% of St Louis (city) TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Ifs Industries Inc (Δ 116 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Sensient Colors LLC stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Manganese compounds. 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