EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co
Blytheville, AR · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 1.6M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 14
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co: how the 1.6M lbs splits
1.6M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.5M lbs 94.1%
- Air Releases 94.3K lbs 5.9%
- Water Discharges 523 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co's 1.6M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 94.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.9%. 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.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Blytheville, AR, in the primary metals sector. It reported 539.1K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 1.6M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 989 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 rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Harsco Metals - Nys; Nucor Coatings Corp; Maverick Tube Corp; Skyline Steel Llc-Armorel. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Arkansas: Real Alloy Recycling LLC; Scepter Inc; Blue Diamond Steel Casting,inc.; Pcc Structurals Inc Large Parts Campus. Other Nucor Corp sites in this extract: Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc; Nucor Steel; Nucor Steel Hertford County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Lead And Lead Compounds.
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (94.1% off-site transfers) across 14 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.6M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Real Alloy Recycling LLC and Scepter Inc.
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.6M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Nucor-Yamato Steel Co reports the 121st-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.5% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 77.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Arkansas include Real Alloy Recycling LLC and Scepter Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nucor-Yamato Steel Co's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 77.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nucor-Yamato Steel Co's total reported releases rose from 381.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 539.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor-Yamato Steel Co's off-site transfers rose from 364.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 522.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor-Yamato Steel Co's air releases fell from 16.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nucor-Yamato Steel Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.6M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 100% (269.0K lbs to 539.1K lbs).
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023
What this shows Nucor-Yamato Steel Co year-over-year reported totals (increased by 100% 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 | 269.0K lbs | 7 |
| 2020 | 210.9K lbs | 8 |
| 2021 | 206.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2022 | 381.0K lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 539.1K lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 14 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 1.2M lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 129.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 74.7K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 58.6K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 33.0K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 14.3K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 14.1K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 9.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 8.4K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 7.8K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 6.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 1.3K lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 932 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nucor-Yamato Steel Co
Closest other reporters in Arkansas - including Harsco Metals - Nys, Nucor Coatings Corp, Maverick Tube Corp, ordered by distance.
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Compare beyond Arkansas
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nucor-Yamato Steel Co on cumulative reported pounds (1.6M lbs) and distinct chemical count (14). Release-pound peers include Georgia Mineral Operations, Metal Container Corportion - Windsor Can Plant, Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly. 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.
- Georgia Mineral Operations Patterson, GA · Metal Mining 1.6M lbs reported
- Metal Container Corportion - Windsor Can Plant Windsor, CO · Fabricated Metals 1.6M lbs reported
- Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly Chicago, IL · Transportation Equipment 1.6M lbs reported
- Ahlstrom Mosinee LLC Mosinee, WI · Paper 1.6M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Nucor Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Nucor Steel-Berkeley, Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc, Nucor Steel.
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 And Manganese Compounds, Manganese compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Harsco Metals - Nys. Nucor-Yamato Steel Co stamps HEAVY 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 Nucor-Yamato Steel Co TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Blytheville, AR, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 6.6% of Mississippi TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Georgia Mineral Operations (Δ 442 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor-Yamato Steel Co stamps HEAVY 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