EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Uss East Chicago Tin
East Chicago, IN · Parent: US Steel Corp
- Total releases
- 67.7K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 3
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Uss East Chicago Tin: how the 67.7K lbs splits
67.7K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 67.7K lbs 100.0%
- Air Releases 9 lbs <0.1%
Uss East Chicago Tin's 67.7K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at <0.1%. Leading chemical by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Uss East Chicago Tin is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in East Chicago, IN, in the primary metals sector. It reported 67.7K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 5,447 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. Uss East Chicago Tin is pounds #261 and chemical-count #378 at 67.7K 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: Linde Inc; Bp Products Na Whiting Business Unit; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC; Phoenix Global. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Indiana: Consolidated Metal Products; Howmet Corp - Plants 1& 3; Precision Kidd Steel Co; Miller Castings Inc.. Other US Steel Corp sites in this extract: Uss Gary Works; Uss Mon Valley Works - Edgar Thomson Plant; Uss-Clairton Plant; U.S. Steel Granite City Works. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Nickel; Lead.
Uss East Chicago Tin stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 3 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 67.7K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Consolidated Metal Products and Howmet Corp - Plants 1& 3.
Uss East Chicago Tin vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
68K lbs Top 21% higher than 79% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Uss East Chicago Tin: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Uss East Chicago Tin reports the 466th-largest volume (67.7K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) alone is 75.7% of the total. Scale peers outside Indiana include Consolidated Metal Products and Howmet Corp - Plants 1& 3.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Uss East Chicago Tin's pounds in one chemical - here Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) at 75.7%. Not a toxicity score.
Uss East Chicago Tin Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Uss East Chicago Tin releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 67.7K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). 2 of 3 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 51.3K lbs | - |
| Nickel | 16.4K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead | 83 lbs | Carcinogen |
Uss East Chicago Tin · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Uss East Chicago Tin
Closest other reporters in Indiana - including Linde Inc, Bp Products Na Whiting Business Unit, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 870 other reporting facilities in Indiana.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Indiana - e.g. Consolidated Metal Products, Howmet Corp - Plants 1& 3, Precision Kidd Steel Co.
Compare beyond Indiana
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Uss East Chicago Tin on cumulative reported pounds (67.7K lbs) and distinct chemical count (3). Release-pound peers include Gfp Ethanol LLC DBA Calgren Renewable Fuels, Texas Lehigh Cement Co LP, Phillips 66 Pasadena Terminal. Chemical-count peers include Industrial C&s of Pr LLC Arecibo Plant, Island Litho Corp., Fenwal International Inc. 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.
- Gfp Ethanol LLC DBA Calgren Renewable Fuels Pixley, CA · Chemicals 67.7K lbs reported
- Texas Lehigh Cement Co LP Buda, TX · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 67.7K lbs reported
- Phillips 66 Pasadena Terminal Pasadena, TX · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 67.7K lbs reported
- Nutrition & Biosciences USA 1 LLC Midland Midland, MI · Chemicals 67.7K lbs reported
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 Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel, Lead; nearby reporters include Linde Inc. Uss East Chicago Tin stamps LIGHT 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 Uss East Chicago Tin TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Uss East Chicago Tin totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for East Chicago, IN, latest year 2019. NAICS 331221 · Primary Metals. 0.1% of Lake TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gfp Ethanol LLC DBA Calgren Renewable Fuels (Δ 40 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Uss East Chicago Tin stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). 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