EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
U.S. Steel Granite City Works
Granite City, IL · Parent: US Steel Corp
- Total releases
- 9.7M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 21
- Carcinogens
- 5
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
U.S. Steel Granite City Works: how the 9.7M lbs splits
9.7M lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 8.2M lbs 84.5%
- Water Discharges 1.2M lbs 12.8%
- Air Releases 223.3K lbs 2.3%
- Off-site Transfers 40.9K lbs 0.4%
U.S. Steel Granite City Works's 9.7M lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 84.5% of the bar. Next segment: water discharges at 12.8%. 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 LAND pathway TRACE-CARC
U.S. Steel Granite City Works is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Granite City, IL, in the primary metals sector. It reported 1.3M lbs of releases across 14 chemicals in 2023, and 9.7M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 220 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. U.S. Steel Granite City Works is pounds #9 and chemical-count #15 at 9.7M 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 fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Prairie Farms Dairy Inc; Mayco Manufacturing LLC; Granite City Pickling & Warehousing Inc.; Amsted Rail Co Inc. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Illinois: International Metals Reclamation Co LLC Inmetco; Ecobat Resources California Inc.; Sanders Lead Co Inc.; Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc. Other US Steel Corp sites in this extract: Uss Gary Works; Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant; Uss-Clairton Plant; US Steel Corp Great Lakes Works. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Lead And Lead Compounds.
U.S. Steel Granite City Works stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant LAND pathway (84.5% land disposal) across 21 chemicals · 5 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 9.7M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include International Metals Reclamation Co LLC Inmetco and Ecobat Resources California Inc..
U.S. Steel Granite City Works vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
9.7M lbs Top 1% higher than 99% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
U.S. Steel Granite City Works inside Madison's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, U.S. Steel Granite City Works reports the 30th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.9% of its sector. This one site accounts for 31.5% of every pound reported in Madison. Scale peers outside Illinois include International Metals Reclamation Co LLC Inmetco and Ecobat Resources California Inc..
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Madison's reported pounds (30.8M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- U.S. Steel Granite City Works's total reported releases fell from 1.7 million lb in 2022 to 1.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- U.S. Steel Granite City Works's land releases fell from 1.4 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- U.S. Steel Granite City Works's off-site transfers rose from 10.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 11.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- U.S. Steel Granite City Works's air releases fell from 50.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 43.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
U.S. Steel Granite City Works Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How U.S. Steel Granite City Works releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 9.7M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 51% (2.7M lbs to 1.3M lbs).
U.S. Steel Granite City Works: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023 1
What this shows U.S. Steel Granite City Works year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 51% 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 | 2.7M lbs | 17 |
| 2020 | 2.3M lbs | 17 |
| 2021 | 1.7M lbs | 15 |
| 2022 | 1.7M lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 1.3M lbs | 14 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 5 of 21 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
U.S. Steel Granite City Works · LAND-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to U.S. Steel Granite City Works
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including Prairie Farms Dairy Inc, Mayco Manufacturing LLC, Granite City Pickling & Warehousing Inc., ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. International Metals Reclamation Co LLC Inmetco, Ecobat Resources California Inc., Sanders Lead Co Inc..
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest U.S. Steel Granite City Works on cumulative reported pounds (9.7M lbs) and distinct chemical count (21). Release-pound peers include Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant, St Lawrence Zinc Co Balmat 4 Mine & Mill, Amalgamated Sugar Co. Chemical-count peers include Clean Earth of North Jersey Inc, Cleveland-Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant. 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 US Steel Corp Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Uss Gary Works, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant, Uss-Clairton Plant.
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, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds; nearby reporters include Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. U.S. Steel Granite City Works stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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 U.S. Steel Granite City Works TRI extract (HEAVY · LAND · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
U.S. Steel Granite City Works totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Granite City, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 31.5% of Madison TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant (Δ 10.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
U.S. Steel Granite City Works stamps HEAVY volume · LAND 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