EPA TRI Facility · Primary Metals
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works
Dearborn, MI · Parent: Cleveland-Cliffs Inc
- Total releases
- 53.0M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 17
- Carcinogens
- 4
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works: how the 53.0M lbs splits
53.0M lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 52.9M lbs 99.8%
- Air Releases 94.2K lbs 0.2%
- Water Discharges 24.5K lbs <0.1%
- Land Disposal 0 lbs <0.1%
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works's 53.0M lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 99.8% of the bar. Next segment: air releases at 0.2%. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc 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.
HEAVY volume OFFSITE pathway TRACE-CARC
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Dearborn, MI, in the primary metals sector. It reported 8.0M lbs of releases across 8 chemicals in 2023, and 53.0M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 32 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Michigan's 791 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds (53.0M lbs) at 17 chemicals (chemical-count #27). Eq Detroit Inc leads chemical count at 71 chemicals (14.0M lbs, pounds #5). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Great Lakes Works Egl Dearborn; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Tool & Die Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing. Similar-scale Primary Metals peers outside Michigan: Befesa Zinc Metal LLC; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ); Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator; North American Stainless. Other Cleveland-Cliffs Inc sites in this extract: Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ); Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC; Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC; Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Manganese compounds; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region).
In-state chemical count is not the pounds ranking
Michigan TRI reporters with pounds > 0 and chemicals > 0 (n=791)
- Eq Detroit Inc
- Cleveland-Cliffs Ste... 17
What this shows Eq Detroit Inc leads Michigan chemical count. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works leads reported pounds and sits at chemical-count #27. Chemical count is a disclosure mix, not toxicity or health risk.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works stamps HEAVY volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (99.8% off-site transfers) across 17 chemicals · 4 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 53.0M lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Befesa Zinc Metal LLC and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ).
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
53M lbs Top 1% higher than 100% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works inside Wayne's TRI pounds
Among the 1,603 Primary Metals facilities in this database, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works reports the 6th-largest volume, placing it in the top 0.4% of its sector. This one site accounts for 41.3% of every pound reported in Wayne. Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 61.4% of the total. Scale peers outside Michigan include Befesa Zinc Metal LLC and Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ).
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Wayne's reported pounds (128.3M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works's total reported releases rose from 7.8 million lb in 2022 to 8.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works's air releases fell from 15.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 10.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works's water releases fell from 7.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works's off-site transfers rose from 7.8 million lb in 2022 to 8.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 53.0M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 54% (17.6M lbs to 8.0M lbs).
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
What this shows Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 54% 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: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17.6M lbs | 11 |
| 2020 | 11.5M lbs | 11 |
| 2021 | 8.2M lbs | 9 |
| 2022 | 7.8M lbs | 8 |
| 2023 | 8.0M lbs | 8 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 4 of 17 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 32.6M lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 15.8M lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 2.7M lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 899.3K lbs | - |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 501.0K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 142.1K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 141.4K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 130.9K lbs | - |
| Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 101.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead compounds | 76.0K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 16.1K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Formaldehyde | 708 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 236 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 161 lbs | - |
| Phenol | 11 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Aluminum (fume or dust) | 0 lbs | - |
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works
Closest other reporters in Michigan - including Great Lakes Works Egl Dearborn, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant, Ford Motor Co Dearborn Tool & Die Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 790 other reporting facilities in Michigan.
Similar Primary Metals Facilities
Other Primary Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Michigan - e.g. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC, Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ), Asarco LLC Ray Complex/ Hayden Smelter & Concentrator.
Compare beyond Michigan
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works on cumulative reported pounds (53.0M lbs) and distinct chemical count (17). Release-pound peers include Cf Industries Nitrogen LLC, Clean Harbors Buttonwillow LLC, U.S. Army Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Chemical-count peers include Astro Chemicals Inc, Doremus Terminal LLC, Rq Resins 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).
Other Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp (rockport Works ), Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC, Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works LLC.
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 Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Manganese compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); nearby reporters include Great Lakes Works Egl Dearborn. Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC 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 Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works TRI extract (HEAVY · OFFSITE · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Dearborn, MI, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 331110 · Primary Metals. 41.3% of Wayne TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Cf Industries Nitrogen LLC (Δ 1.5M lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Dearborn Works stamps HEAVY volume · OFFSITE pathway · TRACE-CARC · lead Zinc 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