EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Nucor Steel Brandenburg
Brandenburg, KY · Parent: Nucor Corp
- Total releases
- 24.8K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 10
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nucor Steel Brandenburg: how the 24.8K lbs splits
24.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 19.8K lbs 79.5%
- Air Releases 4.9K lbs 19.8%
- Water Discharges 161 lbs 0.6%
Nucor Steel Brandenburg's 24.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 79.5% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 19.8%. Leading chemical by pounds: Manganese 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.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-LEAN
Nucor Steel Brandenburg is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Brandenburg, KY, in the primary metals sector. It reported 24.8K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023. That ranks 7,753 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. Nucor Steel Brandenburg is pounds #187 and chemical-count #64 at 24.8K 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: Monument Chemical Kentucky LLC; Dawkins On-Site. LLC - Nucor Kentucky Portable; Kosmos Cement Co LLC; US Army Garrison Fort Knox. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Kentucky: Kawneer Co Inc; Imperial Die Casting; Eck Industries; Lma McLoughlin Annex. Other Nucor Corp sites in this extract: Nucor Steel-Berkeley; Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc; Nucor Steel; Nucor Steel Hertford County. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Manganese compounds; Zinc compounds; Copper compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
Nucor Steel Brandenburg stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (79.5% off-site transfers) across 10 chemicals · 3 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 24.8K lbs (2023–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Kawneer Co Inc and Imperial Die Casting.
Nucor Steel Brandenburg vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
25K lbs Top 30% higher than 70% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nucor Steel Brandenburg: Manganese compounds-led volume
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Nucor Steel Brandenburg reports the 612th-largest volume (24.8K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Manganese compounds alone is 74.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Kentucky include Kawneer Co Inc and Imperial Die Casting.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nucor Steel Brandenburg's pounds in one chemical - here Manganese compounds at 74.4%. Not a toxicity score.
Nucor Steel Brandenburg Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nucor Steel Brandenburg releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 24.8K lbs.
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). 3 of 10 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Manganese compounds | 18.5K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 4.4K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 778 lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 477 lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 366 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 257 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Nickel compounds | 89 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury compounds | 13 lbs | - |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Sodium nitrite | 0 lbs | - |
Nucor Steel Brandenburg · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nucor Steel Brandenburg
Closest other reporters in Kentucky - including Monument Chemical Kentucky LLC, Dawkins On-Site. LLC - Nucor Kentucky Portable, Kosmos Cement Co LLC, ordered by distance.
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Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Kentucky - e.g. Kawneer Co Inc, Imperial Die Casting, Eck Industries.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nucor Steel Brandenburg on cumulative reported pounds (24.8K lbs) and distinct chemical count (10). Release-pound peers include Resonac Powdered Metals America Inc., Citgo Petroleum Corp Cicero Lubricants Manufacturing Plant, Sun Drilling Products Corp. Chemical-count peers include Harris Paints Corp., Saint Thomas Bulk Terminal, Total Guaynabo Bulk Terminal. 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.
- Resonac Powdered Metals America Inc. Greensburg, IN · Fabricated Metals 24.9K lbs reported
- Citgo Petroleum Corp Cicero Lubricants Manufacturing Plant Cicero, IL · Petroleum 24.9K lbs reported
- Sun Drilling Products Corp Belle Chasse, LA · Chemicals 24.8K lbs reported
- Saint-Gobain Abrasives Watervliet, NY · Nonmetallic Mineral Product 24.9K lbs reported
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.
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 compounds, Zinc compounds, Copper compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Monument Chemical Kentucky LLC. Nucor Steel Brandenburg 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.
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This Nucor Steel Brandenburg TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nucor Steel Brandenburg totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Brandenburg, KY, latest year 2023. NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 3.6% of Meade TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Resonac Powdered Metals America Inc. (Δ 6 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nucor Steel Brandenburg stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead Manganese 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