TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

The Shepherd Color CO

Total reported releases 311k lb fell meaningfully year over year (-33%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.

4539 DUES DR, Cincinnati, Ohio · 325130 · Chemicals · operated by The Shepherd Material Science Co

TOTAL RELEASES · 20142024
Bar chart of annual values from 2014 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 311k.2.3M'14'16'18'20'22'24311k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

YEAR-OVER-YEAR SURGE · RELEASE SHIFT

Ammonia

Ammonia releases at The Shepherd Color CO rose from 50k lb to 83k lb between 2023 and 2024.

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS N090

Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)

90k lb · -46% YoY

Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) concentrations have more than doubled since 2014.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

83k lb · +65% YoY

Ammonia concentrations are roughly unchanged from 2019.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese compounds

38k lb · -48% YoY

Manganese compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2011.

CARCINOGENCAS N096

Cobalt compounds

28k lb · -35% YoY

Cobalt compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2020.

GENERALCAS N100

Copper compounds

24k lb · -43% YoY

Copper compounds concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N010

Antimony compounds

24k lb · -47% YoY

Antimony compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2020.

GENERALCAS N982

Zinc compounds

11k lb · -47% YoY

Zinc compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2020.

CARCINOGENCAS N495

Nickel compounds

11k lb · -47% YoY

Nickel compounds concentrations have more than halved since 2020.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (34 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 47,345. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
29.0%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
58.3%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
7.2%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
15.6%

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.