Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds at Sappi N.A. INC. - Somerset Operations have more than doubled since 2010 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Sappi N.A. INC. - Somerset Operations
Total reported releases 2.5M lb held roughly steady year over year (+5%). Total releases concentrations are up 46% since 2010.
1329 WATERVILLE RD, Skowhegan, Maine · 322110 · Paper · operated by Sdw Holdings CORP
Anomaly engine
Notable Signals
Ammonia
Ammonia at Sappi N.A. INC. - Somerset Operations have risen 59% since 2010 (through 2024).
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Zinc compounds
Zinc compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ammonia
Ammonia concentrations are up 59% since 2010.
Manganese compounds
Manganese compounds concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations are up 31% since 2010.
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)
Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have fallen 33% since 2010.
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Acetaldehyde
Acetaldehyde concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2010.
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))
Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have fallen 15% since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (1 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 1,158. Why we surface this →
56.4%
Low-income
8.0%
People of color
8.8%
Under age 5
24.7%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.