Republic Steel
5 facilities · 2 states · 627.8K lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Republic Steel is the reported parent of 5 Form R facilities across 2 states, disclosing 627.8K lbs of toxic releases. 4 of 32 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Ohio (627.3K lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Republic Steel, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Republic Steel: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-54.9%
4 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-54.9%
43.7 thousand lb → 19.7 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Republic Steel's total reported releases fell from 43.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 19.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Republic Steel's air releases fell from 15.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 6.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Republic Steel's off-site transfers fell from 24.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Republic Steel's water releases fell from 3.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Republic Steel from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Republic Steel-Canton Plant; Republic Steel Wire Processing; Republic Steel - Massillon Plant; Republic Steel - Lackawanna. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nickel; Lead And Lead Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Republic Steel-Canton Plant; Republic Steel Wire Processing; Republic Steel - Massillon Plant; Republic Steel - Lackawanna. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nickel; Lead And Lead Compounds. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Ohio; New York. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Primary Metals.
Republic Steel ranks #807 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents, a smaller disclosed-volume parent relative to the national Form R parent set. Republic Steel files across 2 states, a regional parent portfolio rather than a single-state discloser. Releases are facility-concentrated: Republic Steel-Canton Plant accounts for most of Republic Steel's disclosed pounds, so peer comparisons should weight that site, not an even portfolio average.
Parent aggregation for Republic Steel follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc; Ineos US I Inc) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Republic Steel sits among TRI parents
Republic Steel sits on a disclosure ladder beside Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Ineos US I Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- Cleveland-Cliffs Inc · rank #805 · 64.3M lbs
- Ineos US I Inc · rank #806 · 42.4M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Republic Steel
Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nickel; Lead And Lead Compounds lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Republic Steel-Canton Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 298.5K lbs |
| Manganese compounds | 101.8K lbs |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 81.3K lbs |
| Nickel | 40.1K lbs |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 28.3K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 4 | 627.3K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 516 lbs |
Facilities (5)
| Facility | Releases |
|---|---|
| Republic Steel-Canton Plant Canton, OH | 586.1K lbs |
| Republic Steel Wire Processing Solon, OH | 36.7K lbs |
| Republic Steel - Massillon Plant Massillon, OH | 4.3K lbs |
| Republic Steel - Lackawanna Blasdell, NY | 516 lbs |
| Republic Steel - Lorain Plant Lorain, OH | 71 lbs |
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Republic Steel on total disclosed release pounds (627.8K lbs) and reporting facility count (5). Release-volume peers include Innophos Inc, Cornerstone Building Brands, Chem-Plate Industries Inc. Facility-count peers include Abb Motors & Mechanical Inc, Advansix Inc, Aes Corp. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Ohio, New York; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Republic Steel's TRI parent record
From Republic Steel, open Republic Steel-Canton Plant or compare against Cleveland-Cliffs Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Republic Steel (Republic Steel-Canton Plant in OH). Largest facility
- Compare against Ineos US I Inc, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Republic Steel sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, Ineos US I Inc) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
Republic Steel's record groups disclosed TRI parent-company filings so readers can compare reporting context without treating the total as a measure of risk.
Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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