EPA TRI Facility · Chemicals
Spectra Colorants
Union, SC · Parent: Spectra Colorants
- Total releases
- 363 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Spectra Colorants: how the 363 lbs splits
363 lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 362 lbs 99.8%
- Air Releases 1 lbs 0.2%
Spectra Colorants's 363 lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Copper.
TRACE volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Spectra Colorants is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Union, SC, in the chemicals sector. It reported 363 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 15,172 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In South Carolina's 574 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Spectra Colorants is pounds #398 and chemical-count #259 at 363 lbs. Oceanagold Haile Gold Mine leads reported pounds (30.2M lbs) at 19 chemicals (chemical-count #14). Giant Cement Co leads chemical count at 90 chemicals (53.3K lbs, pounds #185). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: The Timken Co - Tyger River Plant; Stella-Jones Corp; Basf Corp; Chemtrade Performance Chemicals US LLC. Similar-scale Chemicals peers outside South Carolina: Profile Products - Florikan; Cardinal Industrial Finishes; Austin Powder Co; Italmatch Sc LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Copper; Ammonia; Barium.
Spectra Colorants stamps TRACE volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.8% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 363 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Profile Products - Florikan and Cardinal Industrial Finishes.
Spectra Colorants vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
363 lbs 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Spectra Colorants in the Chemicals sector extract
Among the 3,917 Chemicals facilities in this database, Spectra Colorants reports the 3,011th-largest volume (363 lbs). Scale peers outside South Carolina include Profile Products - Florikan and Cardinal Industrial Finishes.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Spectra Colorants 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 Spectra Colorants releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 363 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (363 lbs to 0 lbs).
Spectra Colorants: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Spectra Colorants year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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: Copper.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 363 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 1 |
Spectra Colorants · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Spectra Colorants
Closest other reporters in South Carolina - including The Timken Co - Tyger River Plant, Stella-Jones Corp, Basf Corp, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 573 other reporting facilities in South Carolina.
Similar Chemicals Facilities
Other Chemicals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside South Carolina - e.g. Profile Products - Florikan, Cardinal Industrial Finishes, Austin Powder Co.
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 Copper, Ammonia, Barium; nearby reporters include The Timken Co - Tyger River Plant. Spectra Colorants 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 Spectra Colorants TRI extract (TRACE · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Copper) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Spectra Colorants totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Union, SC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 325910 · Chemicals. 0.8% of Union TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Esco Group LLC (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Spectra Colorants stamps TRACE volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Copper. 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