Colors & Effects USA LLC - Peekskill Facility
Total reported releases 24k lb rose sharply year over year (+41%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
1057 LOWER S ST, Peekskill, New York · 325130 · Chemicals · operated by Sun Chemical CORP
Notable Signals
No notable signals at this facility for the current reporting year. See chemicals and equity context below for the full picture.
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 have fallen 20% since 2015.
Nitric acid
Nitric acid concentrations have more than doubled 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 27% since 2010.
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)
Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations are up 96% since 2010.
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (32 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 43,283. Why we surface this →
Low-income
People of color
Under age 5
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.