EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Ak Steel Corp
Ashland, KY · Parent: Ak Steel Corp
- Total releases
- 5.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 8
- Latest report
- 2019
- Primary pathway
- Water Discharges
WATER Form-R mix
Ak Steel Corp: how the 5.6K lbs splits
5.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Water Discharges 5.4K lbs 96.8%
- Air Releases 181 lbs 3.2%
Ak Steel Corp's 5.6K lbs Form-R total is WATER - water discharges is 96.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 3.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution).
LIGHT volume WATER pathway CLEAN
Ak Steel Corp is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Ashland, KY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 5.6K lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2019. That ranks 10,970 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Kentucky's 422 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Ak Steel Corp is pounds #251 and chemical-count #84 at 5.6K lbs. North American Stainless leads reported pounds (35.2M lbs) at 15 chemicals (chemical-count #36). Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. leads chemical count at 50 chemicals (725.8K lbs, pounds #50). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Federal Correctional Institution Ashland Ky; Vesuvius USA - Wurtland Plant; Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc; Nexpera Wurtland Plant. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kentucky: The C.a. Lawton Co. Foundry Operations; Carondelet Foundry Corp; Silberline Manufacturing Co Inc; Meloon Foundries LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Ammonia; Zinc (fume or dust).
Ak Steel Corp stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant WATER pathway (96.8% water discharges) across 8 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 5.6K lbs (2019–2019). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include The C.a. Lawton Co. Foundry Operations and Carondelet Foundry Corp.
Ak Steel Corp vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
5.6K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Ak Steel Corp: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Ak Steel Corp reports the 825th-largest volume (5.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) alone is 76.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include The C.a. Lawton Co. Foundry Operations and Carondelet Foundry Corp.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Ak Steel Corp's pounds in one chemical - here Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) at 76.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Ak Steel Corp Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Ak Steel Corp releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 5.6K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2019). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 4.3K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 1.2K lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 102 lbs | - |
| Zinc (fume or dust) | 39 lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 5 lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lbs | - |
| Mercury | 0 lbs | - |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 0 lbs | - |
Ak Steel Corp · WATER-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Ak Steel Corp
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Federal Correctional Institution Ashland Ky, Vesuvius USA - Wurtland Plant, Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 421 other reporting facilities in Kentucky.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. The C.a. Lawton Co. Foundry Operations, Carondelet Foundry Corp, Silberline Manufacturing Co Inc.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Ak Steel Corp on cumulative reported pounds (5.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (8). Release-pound peers include Swift Prepared Foods - Moberly, Owens Corning Roofing & Asphalt LLC, Metform LLC. Chemical-count peers include Prepa-South Coast Power Plant, Argos Puerto Rico Corp., US Tsubaki Automotive 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).
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 Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Ammonia, Zinc (fume or dust); nearby reporters include Federal Correctional Institution Ashland Ky. Ak Steel Corp stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN 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 Ak Steel Corp TRI extract (LIGHT · WATER · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Ak Steel Corp totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Ashland, KY, latest year 2019. NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 0.3% of Boyd TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Swift Prepared Foods - Moberly (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Ak Steel Corp stamps LIGHT volume · WATER pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution). 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