Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at Ashland Specialty Ingredients (Parlin Plant) have risen 65% since 2014 (through 2024).
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Ashland Specialty Ingredients (Parlin Plant)
Total reported releases 878k lb rose sharply year over year (+37%). Total releases concentrations are up 38% since 2014.
50 S MINISINK AVE, Parlin, New Jersey · 325199 · Chemicals · operated by Ashland LLC
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Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) concentrations are up 65% since 2014.
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2014.
tert-Butyl alcohol
tert-Butyl alcohol concentrations are up 60% since 2010.
Certain glycol ethers
Certain glycol ethers concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2014.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
Ethylene oxide
Ethylene oxide concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (49 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 72,692. Why we surface this →
18.4%
Low-income
52.3%
People of color
6.3%
Under age 5
14.1%
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.