EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc
Bourbonnais, IL · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 1.8M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc: how the 1.8M lbs splits
1.8M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 1.7M lbs 99.2%
- Air Releases 14.0K lbs 0.8%
- Water Discharges 355 lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc's 1.8M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.2% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese And Manganese 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 CARC-LEAN
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Bourbonnais, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 485.9K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 1.8M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 926 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc is pounds #35 and chemical-count #29 at 1.8M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Csl Behring; Ardex; Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Manteno; Crown Beverage Packaging. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: US Steel Corp Midwest Plant; Steel Dynamics Inc-Engineered Bar Products Div; Novelis Corp-Greensboro; Imsamet of Arizona. 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: Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.2% off-site transfers) across 17 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.8M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include US Steel Corp Midwest Plant and Steel Dynamics Inc-Engineered Bar Products Div.
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.8M 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 Steel Kankakee Inc inside Kankakee's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc reports the 114th-largest volume, placing it in the top 7.1% of its sector. This one site accounts for 39.2% of every pound reported in Kankakee. Scale peers outside Illinois include US Steel Corp Midwest Plant and Steel Dynamics Inc-Engineered Bar Products Div.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Kankakee's reported pounds (4.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc's total reported releases rose from 316.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 485.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc's water releases rose from 44 lb in 2022 to 126 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc's off-site transfers rose from 313.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 482.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc's air releases rose from 2.9 thousand lb in 2022 to 3.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.8M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 5% (461.6K lbs to 485.9K lbs).
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 5% 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: Manganese And Manganese Compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 461.6K lbs | 9 |
| 2020 | 156.7K lbs | 9 |
| 2021 | 341.8K lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 316.4K lbs | 10 |
| 2023 | 485.9K lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 756.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 370.7K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 320.0K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 93.0K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 53.5K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 46.2K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 28.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 19.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 18.7K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 18.2K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 17.1K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 8.9K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 6.1K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 5.4K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 476 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 334 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
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Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Csl Behring, Ardex, Ozinga Ready Mix Concrete Inc. - Manteno, ordered by distance.
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Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. US Steel Corp Midwest Plant, Steel Dynamics Inc-Engineered Bar Products Div, Novelis Corp-Greensboro.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc on cumulative reported pounds (1.8M lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include American Synthetic Rubber Co, Rayonier Performance Fibers LLC Fernandina Plant, Greif Packaging LLC. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Rq Resins LLC. 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.
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 Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Csl Behring. Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN 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 Steel Kankakee Inc TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese And Manganese Compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Bourbonnais, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 39.2% of Kankakee TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: American Synthetic Rubber Co (Δ 288 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese And Manganese 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