EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Schuff Steel Midwest
Ottawa, KS
- Total releases
- 291 lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Schuff Steel Midwest: how the 291 lbs splits
291 lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 291 lbs 100.0%
Schuff Steel Midwest's 291 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-LEAN
Schuff Steel Midwest is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ottawa, KS, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 39 lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2023, and 291 lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 15,400 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. Schuff Steel Midwest is pounds #207 and chemical-count #110 at 291 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). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Builders Choice; Lta II Manufacturing LLC; Plant #20; Prosoco Inc. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside Kansas: Gkn Sinter Metals; Nutmeg Chrome Corp; Defiance Metal Products; Milton Steel Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese; Chromium; Nickel; Lead.
Schuff Steel Midwest stamps TRACE volume with a dominant AIR pathway (100.0% air releases) across 4 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 291 lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gkn Sinter Metals and Nutmeg Chrome Corp.
Schuff Steel Midwest vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
291 lbs 41st percentile higher than 41% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Schuff Steel Midwest in the Fabricated Metals sector extract
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Schuff Steel Midwest reports the 2,002nd-largest volume (291 lbs). Scale peers outside Kansas include Gkn Sinter Metals and Nutmeg Chrome Corp.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Schuff Steel Midwest Form-R facts
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Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Schuff Steel Midwest releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 291 lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 72% (139 lbs to 39 lbs).
Schuff Steel Midwest: 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 Schuff Steel Midwest year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 72% 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 | 139 lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 44 lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 23 lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 46 lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 39 lbs | 3 |
Schuff Steel Midwest · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Schuff Steel Midwest
Closest other reporters in Kansas - including Builders Choice, Lta II Manufacturing LLC, Plant #20, 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. Gkn Sinter Metals, Nutmeg Chrome Corp, Defiance Metal Products.
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, Chromium, Nickel, Lead; nearby reporters include Builders Choice. Schuff Steel Midwest stamps TRACE volume · AIR 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.
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This Schuff Steel Midwest TRI extract (TRACE · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Schuff Steel Midwest totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ottawa, KS, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332312 · Fabricated Metals. 0.3% of Franklin TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Agc Automotive Americas (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Schuff Steel Midwest stamps TRACE volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · 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