EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Nucor Steel
Crawfordsville, IN · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 6.5M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nucor Steel: how the 6.5M lbs splits
6.5M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.4M lbs 97.7%
- Air Releases 144.8K lbs 2.2%
- Water Discharges 6.2K lbs 0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Nucor Steel's 6.5M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 97.7% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 2.2%. 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 Steel is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Crawfordsville, IN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 1.2M lbs of releases across 13 chemicals in 2023, and 6.5M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 318 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. Nucor Steel is pounds #20 and chemical-count #36 at 6.5M 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Dubose Strapping Inc.; Acuity Brands Lighting; Raybestos Powertrain LLC; Crown Food Packaging. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Indiana: Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling; Nucor Steel Hertford County; Waupaca Foundry Plant 2/3; US Pipe & Foundry Co LLC. Other Nucor Corp sites in this extract: Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc; Nucor Steel Hertford County; Nucor Steel-Arkansas. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Nucor Steel stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (97.7% off-site transfers) across 17 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.5M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling and Nucor Steel Hertford County.
Nucor Steel vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.5M 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
Nucor Steel inside Montgomery's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Nucor Steel reports the 43rd-largest volume, placing it in the top 2.7% of its sector. This one site accounts for 93.5% of every pound reported in Montgomery. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 62.6% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling and Nucor Steel Hertford County.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Montgomery's reported pounds (7.0M 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's air releases rose from 17.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 65.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel's chemicals reported fell from 14 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel's off-site transfers fell from 1.1 million lb in 2022 to 1.1 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Nucor Steel's water releases fell from 1.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Nucor Steel Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nucor Steel releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.5M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 24% (1.5M lbs to 1.2M lbs).
Nucor Steel: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Nucor Steel year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 24% 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 | 1.5M lbs | 12 |
| 2020 | 1.4M lbs | 12 |
| 2021 | 1.3M lbs | 12 |
| 2022 | 1.1M lbs | 14 |
| 2023 | 1.2M lbs | 13 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 4.1M lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.6M lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 389.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 195.4K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 124.4K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 42.2K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 35.5K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 32.6K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Vanadium compounds | 28.8K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 17.0K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 2.5K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lithium carbonate | 919 lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 845 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 562 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Nucor Steel · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nucor Steel
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Dubose Strapping Inc., Acuity Brands Lighting, Raybestos Powertrain LLC, 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. Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling, Nucor Steel Hertford County, Waupaca Foundry Plant 2/3.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nucor Steel on cumulative reported pounds (6.5M lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, Sanderson Farms LLC, Kennametal Inc DBA Kennametal Firth Sterling. 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 Hertford County.
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, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Dubose Strapping Inc.. Nucor Steel 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 Steel 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 Steel totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Crawfordsville, IN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 93.5% of Montgomery TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Solvay Specialty Polymers USA (Δ 478 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor Steel 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