EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Midland Steel Co
Wathena, KS
- Total releases
- 142 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 1
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Midland Steel Co: how the 142 lbs splits
142 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 142 lbs 100.0%
Midland Steel Co's 142 lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese.
TRACE volume AIR pathway CARC-MID
Midland Steel Co is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Wathena, KS, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 142 lbs of releases across 4 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 16,209 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kansas's 317 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Midland Steel Co is pounds #224 and chemical-count #115 at 142 lbs. Ecovyst Catalyst Technologies LLC leads reported pounds (19.3M lbs) at 9 chemicals (chemical-count #32). Ash Grove Cement Co leads chemical count at 45 chemicals (929.5K lbs, pounds #26). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Altec Industries Inc.; Snorkel International LLC; Ritepack Inc; Bradken Atchison/st Joseph. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Kansas: Wisconsin Plating Works-Wisconsin Plating Div; Pampa Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility; Bradley Services Inc; Tech Nickel Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Nickel; Chromium; Zinc compounds.
Midland Steel Co stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 1 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 142 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wisconsin Plating Works-Wisconsin Plating Div and Pampa Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility.
Midland Steel Co vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
142 lbs 38th percentile higher than 38% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Midland Steel Co in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Midland Steel Co reports the 2,124th-largest volume (142 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Wisconsin Plating Works-Wisconsin Plating Div and Pampa Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Midland Steel Co's total reported releases fell from 49 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Midland Steel Co's air releases fell from 49 lb in 2022 to 0 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Midland Steel Co's chemicals reported fell from 4 in 2022 to 3 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Midland Steel Co Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Midland Steel Co releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 142 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (9 lbs to 0 lbs).
Midland Steel Co: annual Form-R pounds
TRACE site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Midland Steel Co year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% 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.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 78 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 49 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 1 of 4 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese | 71 lbs | - |
| Nickel | 40 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium | 31 lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Midland Steel Co · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Midland Steel Co
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Altec Industries Inc., Snorkel International LLC, Ritepack Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 316 other reporting facilities in Kansas.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kansas - e.g. Wisconsin Plating Works-Wisconsin Plating Div, Pampa Wind Tower Manufacturing Facility, Bradley Services Inc.
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, Nickel, Chromium, Zinc compounds; nearby reporters include Altec Industries Inc.. Midland Steel Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID 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 Midland Steel Co TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-MID · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Midland Steel Co totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Wathena, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.3% of Doniphan TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Gm Components Holdings LLC Kokomo Ops (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Midland Steel Co stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-MID · lead Manganese. 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