TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year

Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC

Total reported releases 585k lb held roughly steady year over year (+2%). Total releases concentrations have fallen 49% since 2010.

228 S MAIN ST, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania · 322120 · Paper · operated by Hig Capital LLC

TOTAL RELEASES · 20102024
Bar chart of annual values from 2010 to 2024, in lb. Most recent year (2024): 585k.1.2M'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24585k
Anomaly engine

Notable Signals

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) at Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC have more than three-quarters since 2010 (through 2024).

LONG-ARC IMPROVEMENT · LONG-ARC SHIFT

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) at Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC have more than halved since 2010 (through 2024).

Chemicals reported · most recent year

What This Facility Releases

RESPIRATORYCAS 67-56-1

Methanol

231k lb · +2% YoY

Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS 7647-01-0

Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

116k lb · +35% YoY

Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7664-41-7

Ammonia

114k lb · -3% YoY

Ammonia concentrations have fallen 20% since 2010.

RESPIRATORYCAS N450

Manganese compounds

57k lb · -26% YoY

Manganese compounds concentrations have fallen 40% since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7664-93-9

Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)

22k lb · -7% YoY

Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS N040

Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

14k lb · -10% YoY

Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) concentrations have more than halved since 2010.

GENERALCAS 7783-06-4

Hydrogen sulfide

11k lb · -0% YoY

Hydrogen sulfide concentrations have fallen 11% since 2012.

CARCINOGENCAS 75-07-0

Acetaldehyde

10k lb · +187% YoY

Acetaldehyde concentrations have fallen 11% since 2010.

Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics

Who Lives Next To This Facility

Within 3 miles of this facility (8 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 12,466. Why we surface this →

POPULATION SHARE
13.2%

Low-income

POPULATION SHARE
9.8%

People of color

POPULATION SHARE
6.2%

Under age 5

POPULATION SHARE
22.3%

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.