EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
East Chicago, IN · Parent: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- Total releases
- 18.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 40
- Carcinogens
- 8
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC: how the 18.4M lbs splits
18.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 16.6M lbs 90.1%
- Air Releases 926.1K lbs 5.0%
- Water Discharges 889.6K lbs 4.8%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's 18.4M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 90.1% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 5.0%. 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
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Chicago, IN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 3.5M lbs of releases across 23 chemicals in 2023, and 18.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 109 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Indiana's 871 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC is pounds #7 and chemical-count #8 at 18.4M lbs. Uss Gary Works leads reported pounds (77.4M lbs) at 36 chemicals (chemical-count #9). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling LLC leads chemical count at 98 chemicals (11.9M lbs, pounds #12). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Indiana Harbor Coke Co LP; Harsco Metals - Ecr; Phoenix Global; Safety-Kleen Systems Inc.. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Indiana: Climax Molybdenum Co; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp; Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant; Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill. Other Cleveland-Cliffs Inc sites in this extract: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ); Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works; Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC; Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (90.1% off-site transfers) across 40 chemicals · 8 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 18.4M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Climax Molybdenum Co and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
18M lbs Top 1% higher than 100% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC reports the 18th-largest volume, placing it in the top 1.1% of its sector. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 72.9% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Climax Molybdenum Co and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 72.9%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's total reported releases fell from 4.1 million lb in 2022 to 3.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's water releases rose from 146.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 250.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's off-site transfers fell from 3.8 million lb in 2022 to 3.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's air releases rose from 172.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 193.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 18.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 48% (6.8M lbs to 3.5M lbs).
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 2
- 2021 2
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 48% 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 | 6.8M lbs | 27 |
| 2020 | 2.2M lbs | 27 |
| 2021 | 1.7M lbs | 27 |
| 2022 | 4.1M lbs | 26 |
| 2023 | 3.5M lbs | 23 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 8 of 40 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Indiana Harbor Coke Co LP, Harsco Metals - Ecr, Phoenix Global, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Climax Molybdenum Co, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp, Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC on cumulative reported pounds (18.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (40). Release-pound peers include Uss-Clairton Plant, Union Processing Systems LLC, U.S. Silver - Idaho Inc. Chemical-count peers include Marathon Mandan Refinery, Hf Sinclair el Dorado Refining LLC, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers 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 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ), Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works, Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC.
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, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); nearby reporters include Indiana Harbor Coke Co LP. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC 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 Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Chicago, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 14.2% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Uss-Clairton Plant (Δ 55.3K lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC 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