EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill
Fort Smith, AR · Parent: Gerdau Macsteel Inc
- Total releases
- 547.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill: how the 547.6K lbs splits
547.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 507.2K lbs 92.6%
- Air Releases 40.4K lbs 7.4%
- Water Discharges 73 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill's 547.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 92.6% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 7.4%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
MID volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Fort Smith, AR, in the primary metals sector. It reported 56.1K lbs of releases across 13 chemicals in 2023, and 547.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,840 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Arkansas's 350 reporting TRI sites, Clean Harbors el Dorado LLC leads both reported pounds (16.6M lbs) and chemical count (251 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Owens Corning-Fort Smith; Peterson Chemical Technology LLC; Trane U.S. Inc.; Apac-Central Inc. - Southside Ready Mix. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Arkansas: Metaltek International-Wisco Nsin Centrifugal Div; Tamco; Rmi Titanium Co LLC; Wise Alloys LLC - Alloys Plant. Other Gerdau Macsteel Inc sites in this extract: Gerdau Macsteel Monroe; Gerdau Special Steel Na. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Copper compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill stamps MID volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (92.6% off-site transfers) across 14 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 547.6K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Metaltek International-Wisco Nsin Centrifugal Div and Tamco.
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
548K lbs Top 7% higher than 93% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill reports the 203rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 12.7% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 66.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Metaltek International-Wisco Nsin Centrifugal Div and Tamco.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 66.6%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill's total reported releases fell from 203.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 56.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill's off-site transfers fell from 196.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 43.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill's air releases rose from 7.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 547.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 36% (87.1K lbs to 56.1K lbs).
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill: annual Form-R pounds
MID site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 36% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 87.1K lbs | 10 |
| 2020 | 77.8K lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 122.8K lbs | 12 |
| 2022 | 203.8K lbs | 13 |
| 2023 | 56.1K lbs | 13 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 364.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 158.4K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 6.9K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 5.6K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 1.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Vanadium compounds | 823 lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 634 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 182 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 12 lbs | - |
| Molybdenum trioxide | 4 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine dioxide | 0 lbs | - |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Owens Corning-Fort Smith, Peterson Chemical Technology LLC, Trane U.S. Inc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Arkansas - e.g. Metaltek International-Wisco Nsin Centrifugal Div, Tamco, Rmi Titanium Co LLC.
Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill on cumulative reported pounds (547.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Morgantown Energy Associates, Alliance One N.a. LLC, Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc. Chemical-count peers include Shell New Haven Terminal, Chambers Cogeneration L.P., Avantor Performance Materials. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Morgantown Energy Associates Morgantown, WV · Electric Utilities 547.5K lbs reported
- Alliance One N.a. LLC Wilson, NC · Tobacco 547.9K lbs reported
- Hutchinson Antivibration Systems Inc Cadillac, MI · Plastics and Rubber 547.2K lbs reported
- Ifs Industries Inc Reading, PA · Chemicals 548.0K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Gerdau Macsteel Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Gerdau Macsteel Monroe, Gerdau Special Steel Na.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds, Copper compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Owens Corning-Fort Smith. Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill TRI extract (MID · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Fort Smith, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 14.5% of Sebastian TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Morgantown Energy Associates (Δ 124 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Gerdau-Fort Smith Mill stamps MID volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov